NOUN | animal | nekton | the aggregate of actively swimming / swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales |
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Sounds | neh'ktahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The aggregate of actively swimming / swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales. | |
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Member of | aggregate, congeries, conglomeration | A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together |
Broader | organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
Spanish | necton | |
Catalan | nècton |
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