Plankton

Noun

 * 1) a generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea. A single organism is known as a plankter

Related terms

 * aeroplankton
 * bacterioplankton
 * phytoplankton
 * plankter
 * zooplankton

Thesaurus
Iceland moss, Irish moss, Loch Ness monster, alevin, benthon, benthos, brown algae, cetacean, conferva, dolphin, dulse, fingerling, fish, fry, fucoid, fucus, game fish, green algae, grilse, gulfweed, kelp, kipper, lichen, man-eater, man-eating shark, marine animal, minnow, minny, nekton, panfish, phytoplankton, pond scum, porpoise, red algae, reindeer moss, rockweed, salmon, sargasso, sargassum, scum, sea monster, sea moss, sea pig, sea serpent, sea snake, sea wrack, seaweed, shark, smolt, sponge, tropical fish, whale, wrack

Etymology
From the Greek adjective πλαγκτός ("wanderer" and "drifter").

Translations

 * Catalan: plàncton
 * Chinese: 浮游生物 (fúyóu shēngwù)
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: plancto
 * German:
 * Greek: πλαγκτόν
 * Hungarian:


 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: plancton
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: プランクトン (purankuton)
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: plâncton
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) plankton