pleuston

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλεῦσις (pleûsis, “sailing”), from πλέω (pléō).

Noun

pleuston (uncountable)

1. (ecology) The organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
2. (botany) Plants that live floating at the surface of water.

Hypernyms

• (botany): hydrophyte

Derived terms

• pleustonic

Translations

organisms

• Finnish: pleuston
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

plants

• Finnish: irtokellujat pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• plankton
• nekton
• neuston

Anagrams

• upstolen

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Spanish

Noun

pleuston m (uncountable)

1. pleuston