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microlitter

microlitter noun: microscale debris.

Noun

microlitter (uncountable)

  1. Microscale debris.
    • All three species became terminally constipated from ingesting this man-made microlitter.2007 August 13, Janet Maslin, “A World Without Humans? It All Falls Apart”, in New York Times

Origin of microlitter

From micro- + litter.

Questions about microlitter

What does microlitter mean?
Microlitter means microscale debris.
What part of speech is microlitter?
Microlitter is a noun.

Words near microlitter in the dictionary

  1. microlithons
  2. microliths
  3. microlitic
  4. microlitre
  5. microlitres
  6. microlitter
  7. microlives
  8. microloan
  9. microloans
  10. microlobate
  11. microlobulated

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