planktonic

English

Alternative forms

• planktic
• planctonic (misspelling)

Etymology

From plankton +‎ -ic, after German planktonisch.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /plaŋkˈtɒnɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /plæŋkˈtɑnɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

planktonic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to plankton.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 146:

     Tiny shells of planktonic animals rain down from the surface waters of the ocean on to the deep sea-floor.

2. Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor.

Derived terms

• epiplanktonic
• euplanktonic
• holoplanktonic
• ichthyoplanktonic
• macroplanktonic
• meroplanktonic
• microplanktonic
• mycoplanktonic
• nektoplanktonic
• nonplanktonic
• nonplanktonic
• phytoplanktonic
• picoplanktonic
• pseudoplanktonic

 

Translations

of or pertaining to plankton

• Finnish: planktinen (fi)
• French: planctonique (fr)
• Italian: planctonico (it)
• Polish: planktonowy (pl)
• Romanian: planctonic (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пла̀нкто̄нскӣ

  Roman: plànktōnskī (sh)

• Spanish: planctónico (es)

See also

• benthic
• oceanic
• pelagic