| 单词 | pleuston |
| 释义 | pleuston[ ploo-stuhn, -ston ] / ˈplu stən, -stɒn / noun Biology.a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water. Origin of pleuston1940–45; pleus- (<Greek pleûs(is) sailing, or pleus- aorist stem of pleîn to sail, go by sea) + -ton, on the model of nekton, plankton OTHER WORDS FROM pleustonpleus·ton·ic [ploo-ston-ik], /pluˈstɒn ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby pleustonpleuropneumonia, pleuropneumonialike organism, pleuropulmonary, pleurotomy, pleurovisceral, pleuston, pleustonic, Pleven, plew, -plex, plexal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pleustonpleuston / (ˈpluːstən, -stɒn) / nouna mass of small organisms, esp algae, floating at the surface of shallow pools Word Origin for pleustonC20: from Greek pleusis sailing, from plein to sail; for form, compare plankton 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 |
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