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ichthyoplanktology

ichthyoplanktology noun: the study of the free-floating larvae of fish.

Noun

ichthyoplanktology (uncountable)

  1. The study of the free-floating larvae of fish
    • It comes as no surprise that all 58 larvae provided by the IEO and OCEANA-Marviva project were correctly identified, since their staff are leading experts in the field of ichthyoplanktology.2015 July 6, “Molecular Identification of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnus thynnus, Scombridae) Larvae and Development of a DNA Character-Based Identification Key for Mediterranean Scombrids”, in PLOS...

Origin of ichthyoplanktology

From ichthyo- + planktology.

Words formed from ichthyoplanktology

Questions about ichthyoplanktology

What does ichthyoplanktology mean?
Ichthyoplanktology means the study of the free-floating larvae of fish.
What part of speech is ichthyoplanktology?
Ichthyoplanktology is a noun.

Words near ichthyoplanktology in the dictionary

  1. ichthyophthiriases
  2. ichthyophthiriasis
  3. ichthyoplanktological
  4. ichthyoplanktologist
  5. ichthyoplanktologists
  6. ichthyoplanktology
  7. ichthyoplankton
  8. ichthyoplanktonic
  9. ichthyoplanktons
  10. ichthyopolist
  11. ichthyopolists

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