periphyton

noun

pe·riph·y·ton pə-ˈri-fə-ˌtän How to pronounce periphyton (audio)

: organisms (such as some algae) that live attached to underwater surfaces

periphytic

ˌper-ə-ˈfi-tik How to pronounce periphyton (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Lack of freshwater has caused periphyton, which forms the basis of the marsh food chain, to collapse in some places.

Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 5 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Russian perifitón, probably borrowed from Greek períphyton, neuter of períphytos, verbal adjective of periphýesthai "to grow all around," from peri- peri- + phýesthai "to grow, spring up," middle voice of phýein "to bring forth, produce" (formed in Russian by analogy with planktón plankton) — more at be

Note: The Russian term was introduced by the hydrobiologist Arvid Liborʼevič Bening (1890-1943, of Volga and Bessarabian German ancestry) in K izučeniju pridonnoj žizni reki Volgi, Monografija No. 1 Volžckoj Biologičeskoj Stancii (Saratov, 1924).

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

单词	periphyton
释义	periphyton noun pe·riph·y·ton pə-ˈri-fə-ˌtän : organisms (such as some algae) that live attached to underwater surfaces periphytic ˌper-ə-ˈfi-tik adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Lack of freshwater has caused periphyton, which forms the basis of the marsh food chain, to collapse in some places. Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 5 June 2018 Word History Etymology borrowed from Russian perifitón, probably borrowed from Greek períphyton, neuter of períphytos, verbal adjective of periphýesthai "to grow all around," from peri- peri- + phýesthai "to grow, spring up," middle voice of phýein "to bring forth, produce" (formed in Russian by analogy with planktón plankton) — more at be Note: The Russian term was introduced by the hydrobiologist Arvid Liborʼevič Bening (1890-1943, of Volga and Bessarabian German ancestry) in K izučeniju pridonnoj žizni reki Volgi, Monografija No. 1 Volžckoj Biologičeskoj Stancii (Saratov, 1924). First Known Use 1931, in the meaning defined above
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