ZOOPLANKTON
Dictionary entry overview: What does zooplankton mean? • ZOOPLANKTON (noun)
The noun ZOOPLANKTON has 1 sense:
1. animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
Familiarity information: ZOOPLANKTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ZOOPLANKTON (noun)
Meaning:
Animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("zooplankton" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Holonyms ("zooplankton" is a member of...):
plankton (the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water)
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