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neuston

neuston noun: all the organisms that live at the surface of water.

Noun

neuston (countable and uncountable, plural neustons)

  1. All the organisms that live at the surface of water.

neuston meaning in Tamil

neuston in Tamil

நீர்ப்பரப்பு

Forms of neuston

pluralneustons

Origin of neuston

From Ancient Greek νευστός (neustós, “swimming”) + -on.

Words formed from neuston

Questions about neuston

What does neuston mean?
Neuston means all the organisms that live at the surface of water.
What is neuston in Tamil?
Neuston in Tamil is நீர்ப்பரப்பு. See Neuston meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neuston?
Neuston is a noun.
What is the plural of neuston?
The plural of neuston is neustons.

Words near neuston in the dictionary

  1. Neustadt (Dosse)
  2. Neustadt in Holstein
  3. Neustadts
  4. neustic
  5. neustics
  6. neuston
  7. neustonic
  8. neustons
  9. Neustrelitz
  10. Neustria
  11. Neustrian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neuston (page history and authors); neuston (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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