单词 | planktology |
释义 | planktologyn. The branch of science that deals with plankton. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > specific organisms zoophytography1735 zoophytology1815 parasitology1870 planktology1892 planktonology1896 micrococcologist1902 protistology1903 1892 G. W. Field in Amer. Naturalist 26 801 He [sc. Prof. Hensen] has proposed the term Plankton..to designate this world of marine life. Prof. Haeckel agrees with this and adds Planktology, that branch of biology which deals with the study of the Plankton. 1947 Nature 4 Jan. 10/2 The technical difficulties of this type of work, particularly in planktology, are not belittled. 1956 A. C. Hardy Open Sea I. xv. 299 At last it seemed that planktology was about to yield practical results. 1990 Science 18 May 902/3 Victor Hensen (1835–1924) and Karl Brandt (1854–1931)..founded the ‘Kiel school’ of planktology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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