Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holoplankton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: holo-plank-ton
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Holoplanktons are consumed by a wide variety of marine organisms, ranging from small invertebrates to large fish and marine mammals."

Etymology

From holo- + plankton.

Usage

Inflected Forms

holoplanktons (plural)

Derived Forms

holoplanktonic

Questions

What does holoplankton mean?: Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton.
Where does holoplankton come from?: From holo- + plankton.

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