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planctonic

planctonic is the misspelling of planktonic.

Meaning of planktonic

Adjective

planktonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to plankton.
    • Tiny shells of planktonic animals rain down from the surface waters of the ocean on to the deep sea-floor.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 146
  2. Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor.

Questions about planctonic

What is planctonic the misspelling of?
Planctonic is the misspelling of planktonic.

Words near planctonic in the dictionary

  1. Plancks
  2. Plancoët
  3. plancti
  4. planctomycete
  5. planctomycetes
  6. planctonic
  7. planctonically
  8. planctophagous
  9. planctus
  10. plandemic
  11. plandemics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: planctonic (page history and authors); planktonic (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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