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Noun: nekton  nek-tun
  1. The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
    "Squid and fish are examples of nekton"

Derived forms: nektons

Type of: being, organism

Part of: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration

Encyclopedia: Nekton