Most whales feed on plankton.
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Plankton
//ˈplæŋ(k).tən//
Synonyms for "plankton" (57 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَوَالِق noun (aquatic organism)
Catalan
1 entries- plàncton noun (aquatic organism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 浮游生物 noun (aquatic organism)
Czech
1 entries- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
Danish
1 entries- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
Esperanto
1 entries- planktono noun (aquatic organism)
Estonian
1 entries- hõljum noun (aquatic organism)
Finnish
2 entries- keijusto noun (aquatic organism)
- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
French
1 entries- plancton noun (aquatic organism)
Galician
1 entries- plancto noun (aquatic organism)
German
1 entries- Plankton noun (aquatic organism)
Greek
1 entries- πλαγκτόν noun (aquatic organism)
Hindi
1 entries- प्लवक noun (aquatic organism)
Hungarian
1 entries- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
Ido
2 entries- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
- planktono noun (aquatic organism)
Indonesian
1 entries- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
Interlingua
1 entries- plancton noun (aquatic organism)
Irish
1 entries- planctón noun (aquatic organism)
Italian
1 entries- plancton noun (aquatic organism)
Japanese
2 entries- プランクトン noun (aquatic organism)
- 浮遊生物 noun (aquatic organism)
Kazakh
1 entries- планктон noun (aquatic organism)
Korean
1 entries- 플랑크톤 noun (aquatic organism)
Māori
1 entries- meroiti noun (aquatic organism)
Norwegian
1 entries- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
Polish
1 entries- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
Portuguese
1 entries- plâncton noun (aquatic organism)
Romanian
1 entries- plancton noun (aquatic organism)
Russian
1 entries- планкто́н noun (aquatic organism)
Spanish
1 entries- plancton noun (aquatic organism)
Swedish
1 entries- plankton noun (aquatic organism)
Thai
1 entries- แพลงก์ตอน noun (aquatic organism)
Urdu
1 entries- پیراکو noun (aquatic organism)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sinh vật phù du noun (aquatic organism)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Whales feed on plankton and small fish.
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Algae and plankton are at the bottom of the food chain.
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Tiny animals such as krill eat plankton.
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