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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

Derived forms: planktons

See also: planktonic

Type of: being, organism

Part of: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration

Encyclopedia: Plankton

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