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单词 zooplankton
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zooplankton

[ zoh-uh-plangk-tuhn ]
/ ˌzoʊ əˈplæŋk tən /

noun

the aggregate of animal or animallike organisms in plankton, as protozoans.
Compare phytoplankton.

Origin of zooplankton

First recorded in 1900–05; zoo- + plankton

Words nearby zooplankton

zoophilous, zoophobia, zoophorus, zoophyte, zooplankter, zooplankton, zooplasty, zoopraxiscope, zoosemiotics, zoosperm, zoosporangium
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Example sentences from the Web for zooplankton

  • The new insights about internal structure are welcome news to Russell Hopcroft, a zooplankton ecologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

    Larvaceans’ underwater ‘snot palaces’ boast elaborate plumbing|Susan Milius|June 15, 2020|Science News

British Dictionary definitions for zooplankton

zooplankton
/ (ˌzəʊəˈplæŋktən) /

noun

the animal constituent of plankton, which consists mainly of small crustaceans and fish larvaeCompare phytoplankton
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for zooplankton

zooplankton
[ zō′ə-plăngktən ]

Plankton that consists of tiny animals, such as rotifers, copepods, and krill, and of microorganisms once classified as animals, such as dinoflagellates and other protozoans.
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