NOUN | animal | phytoplankton | photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton |
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Sounds | fay.towplae'ngtahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae. | |
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Member of | plankton | The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift / drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water |
Narrower | diatom | Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica |
planktonic algae | unicellular algae | |
Broader | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
Spanish | fitoplancton | |
Catalan | fitoplàncton |
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