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femtoplankton

femtoplankton noun: the plankton composed of cells smaller than 0.2 micrometers.

Noun

femtoplankton (usually uncountable, plural femtoplanktons)

  1. (usually) The plankton composed of cells smaller than 0.2 micrometers.
    • Morphological details of individual organisms of macroplanktons are easily discernible due to their large sizes while the same is not possible with the naked eyes for femtoplanktons and other microscopic planktonic forms.(Can we date this quote?), “Plankton”, in Biology Online

Forms of femtoplankton

pluralfemtoplanktons

Origin of femtoplankton

From femto- + plankton.

Questions about femtoplankton

What does femtoplankton mean?
Femtoplankton means the plankton composed of cells smaller than 0.2 micrometers.
What part of speech is femtoplankton?
Femtoplankton is a noun.
What is the plural of femtoplankton?
The plural of femtoplankton is femtoplanktons.

Words near femtoplankton in the dictionary

  1. femtonewton
  2. femtonewtons
  3. femtophotography
  4. femtopipette
  5. femtopipettes
  6. femtoplankton
  7. femtoplanktons
  8. femtoradian
  9. femtoradians
  10. femtosatellite
  11. femtosatellites

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