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nanoplankton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nanoplank-ton
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plankton between 2 and 20 microns in size.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From nano- + plankton.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

nanoplanktons (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nannoplankton megaplankton macroplankton (2-20 cm) mesoplankton (0.2-20mm) microplankton (20-200μm) nanoplankton (2-20μm) picoplankton (0.2-2μm) femtoplankton

Questions

What does nanoplankton mean?
plankton between 2 and 20 microns in size.
Where does nanoplankton come from?
From nano- + plankton.

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