zooplankton

See also: Zooplankton

English

Etymology

zoo- +‎ plankton

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌzəʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

zooplankton (countable and uncountable, plural zooplanktons or zooplankton)

(zoology) Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.

Coordinate terms

phytoplankton

Related terms

Translations

free-floating small protozoa or crustaceans

Danish: dyreplankton n
French: zooplancton (fr) m
German: Zooplankton n
Greek: ζωοπλαγκτόν (el) n (zooplagktón)
Irish: zóplanctón m
Malay: zooplankton
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dyreplankton n

Nynorsk: dyreplankton n
Polish: zooplankton (pl) m
Spanish: zooplancton (es) m
Swedish: djurplankton
Tagalog: lablab

Polish

zooplankton

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ plankton.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zɔ.ɔpˈlaŋ.ktɔn/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aŋktɔn
Syllabification: zo‧op‧lan‧kton

Noun

zooplankton m inan (related adjective zooplanktonowy or zooplanktoniczny)

(marine biology, zoology) zooplankton (free-floating small protozoa or crustaceans)
Coordinate term: fitoplankton

Declension

Declension of zooplankton

	singular
nominative	zooplankton
genitive	zooplanktonu
dative	zooplanktonowi
accusative	zooplankton
instrumental	zooplanktonem
locative	zooplanktonie
vocative	zooplanktonie

Further reading

zooplankton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
zooplankton in PWN's encyclopedia

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