zooplankton









zooplankton


noun

  1. the aggregate of animal or animallike organisms in plankton, as protozoans.

noun

  1. the animal constituent of plankton, which consists mainly of small crustaceans and fish larvaeCompare phytoplankton
n.

1901, from comb. form of Greek zoion “animal” (see zoo) + plankton.

  1. Plankton that consists of tiny animals, such as rotifers, copepods, and krill, and of microorganisms once classified as animals, such as dinoflagellates and other protozoans.
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