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neustonic

neustonic adjective: relating to neuston.

Adjective

neustonic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to neuston.
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Origin of neustonic

From neuston + -ic.

Questions about neustonic

What does neustonic mean?
Neustonic means relating to neuston.
What part of speech is neustonic?
Neustonic is an adjective.

Words near neustonic in the dictionary

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

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