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epiplankton

epiplankton noun: plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less).

Noun

epiplankton (countable and uncountable, plural epiplanktons)

  1. Plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less).

Forms of epiplankton

pluralepiplanktons

Origin of epiplankton

From epi- + plankton.

Words formed from epiplankton

Questions about epiplankton

What does epiplankton mean?
Epiplankton means plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less).
What part of speech is epiplankton?
Epiplankton is a noun.
What is the plural of epiplankton?
The plural of epiplankton is epiplanktons.

Words near epiplankton in the dictionary

  1. epiphænomena
  2. epiphænomenon
  3. epipial
  4. epiplakin
  5. epiplakins
  6. epiplankton
  7. epiplanktonic
  8. epiplanktons
  9. epiplaphilia
  10. epiplaphobia
  11. epiplastid

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