单词 | meroplankton |
释义 | meroplankton in British English (ˌmɛrəʊˈplæŋktən) noun plankton consisting of organisms at a certain stage of their life cycles, esp larvae, the other stages not being spent as part of the plankton community Compare holoplanktonmeroplankton in American English (ˌmɛroʊˈplæŋktən) noun an organism that spends only a part of its life cycle as a member of the planktoncommunity (e.g., the barnacle or starfish, in which only the larval stages are planktonic) see also holoplankton Word origin < Gr meros, part (see merit) + plankton |
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