neustonicadj.
/njuːsˈtɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌn(j)usˈtɑnɪk/ Biology.
Of, relating to, or forming part of the neuston.
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1933 Ecol. Monogr. 3 166 The chief strata may be listed as: 1. Aquatic..(d) Neustonic (surface forms).
1956 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 25 163 The neustonic films..may be lifted in masses which do not readily disintegrate.
1977 Jrnl. Phycol. 13 218/1 The unusual morphology of the coccoid, neustonic alga Nautococcus mammilatus.
1991 Nature 28 Nov. 325/1 Neustonic organisms live under the surface, pleustonic ones on the top of it.
1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes ix. 130/2 Many species of neustonic, or surface-dwelling, marine larvae.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- brunswick jacket
- brunswick stew
- brunswick-black
- brunswickblack
- brunswicker
- brunt
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- brusar
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- brush
- brush a thing clean
- brush a thing over
- brush away
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- brush discharge
- brush down
- brush drawer
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