zooplankton

See also: Zooplankton

English

Alternative forms

• zoöplankton (rare, dated)

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ plankton.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊ.ə.plaŋ(k).tən/, /ˈzuː.ə.plaŋ(k).tən/, /ˈzuː.plaŋ(k).tən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋ(k).tən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æŋktən, -æŋtən

Noun

zooplankton (countable and uncountable, plural zooplanktons or zooplankton)

1. (zoology) Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.

Coordinate terms

• phytoplankton

Related terms

• ichthyoplankton
• plankton

Translations

free-floating small protozoa or crustaceans

• Danish: dyreplankton n
• French: zooplancton (fr) m
• German: Zooplankton n
• Greek: ζωοπλαγκτόν (el) n (zooplagktón)
• Indonesian: zooplankton
• Irish: zóplanctón m
• Malay: zooplankton
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dyreplankton n

  Nynorsk: dyreplankton n

• Polish: zooplankton (pl) m
• Spanish: zooplancton (es) m
• Swedish: djurplankton
• Tagalog: lablab

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, Borrowed from English zooplankton.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /zoopˈlaŋton/ [zo.(ʔ)op̚ˈlaŋ.t̪ɔn]
• Rhymes: -aŋton
• Syllabification: zo‧o‧plank‧ton

Noun

zooplankton

1. (zoology) zooplankton (free-floating small protozoa or crustaceans)

Further reading

• “zooplankton”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

zooplankton

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ plankton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.ɔˈplaŋ.ktɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋktɔn
• Syllabification: zo‧o‧plan‧kton

Noun

zooplankton m inan (related adjective zooplanktonowy or zooplanktoniczny)

1. (marine biology, zoology) zooplankton (free-floating small protozoa or crustaceans)

   Coordinate term: fitoplankton

Declension

Declension of zooplankton

	singular
nominative	zooplankton
genitive	zooplanktonu
dative	zooplanktonowi
accusative	zooplankton
instrumental	zooplanktonem
locative	zooplanktonie
vocative	zooplanktonie

Further reading

• zooplankton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• zooplankton in PWN's encyclopedia