Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Swimming in the ocean at one stage of life and passing the rest of life vagrant or sessile on the sea-bottom, as part of the diatoms and Oscellaria, the planktonic fucoids, the metagenetic medusæ, some Turbellaria and annelids, the pelagic larvæ of hydroids and corals, and many helminths, echinoderms, Acalepha, and gastropods.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
meroplankton
Etymologies
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mero- + planktonic
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