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Noun: plankton  plangk-tun
  1. The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
    "Whales feed on plankton by filtering large volumes of water"

Derived forms: planktons

Type of: being, organism

Part of: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration

Encyclopedia: Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem