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picoplankton

picoplankton noun: the plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers.

Noun

picoplankton (uncountable)

  1. The plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers.
    • He and P. W. Johnson confirmed the recent discovery of a species of photosynthetic picoplankton, using electron microscopes to perceive fluorescence produced by the chlorophyll of the organisms.2007 January 9, Douglas Martin, “John Sieburth, 79, Who Studied Various Types of Marine Life, Dies”, in New York Times

Origin of picoplankton

From pico- + plankton.

Questions about picoplankton

What does picoplankton mean?
Picoplankton means the plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers.
What part of speech is picoplankton?
Picoplankton is a noun.

Words near picoplankton in the dictionary

  1. picophototrophs
  2. picophytoplankton
  3. picophytoplanktonic
  4. picopipette
  5. picopipettes
  6. picoplankton
  7. picoplanktonic
  8. picoplatin
  9. picoprasinophyte
  10. picoprasinophytes
  11. picoprojector

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