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nektonic

nektonic adjective: swimming independently of currents.

Adjective

nektonic (not comparable)

  1. Swimming independently of currents.

Origin of nektonic

From nekton + -ic.

Words formed from nektonic

Questions about nektonic

What does nektonic mean?
Nektonic means swimming independently of currents.
What part of speech is nektonic?
Nektonic is an adjective.

Words near nektonic in the dictionary

  1. nektic
  2. nekto-
  3. nektobenthic
  4. nektobenthos
  5. nekton
  6. nektonic
  7. nektons
  8. nektoplankton
  9. nektoplanktonic
  10. nektoplanktons
  11. Nel

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