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meroplankton

[ mer-uh-plangk-tuhn ]

noun

  1. a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.

meroplankton

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noun

  1. plankton consisting of organisms at a certain stage of their life cycles, esp larvae, the other stages not being spent as part of the plankton community Compare holoplankton
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of meroplankton1

First recorded in 1905–10; from mero- + plankton ( def )

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