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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of the minute organisms that collectively constitute plankton.

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  • noun A single member of the plankton.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek planktēr, wanderer, from planktos, wandering; see plankton.]

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