Holoplankton

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton. countable, uncountable

    "Holoplanktons are consumed by a wide variety of marine organisms, ranging from small invertebrates to large fish and marine mammals."

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"Holoplanktons are consumed by a wide variety of marine organisms, ranging from small invertebrates to large fish and marine mammals."

Etymology

From holo- + plankton.

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