zooplankton

See also: Zooplankton

English

Etymology

zoo- +‎ plankton

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌzəʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋk.tən/

• Audio (US)

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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)
• Irish: zóplanctón m
• Malay: zooplankton
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dyreplankton n

  Nynorsk: dyreplankton n

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

Polish

zooplankton

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ plankton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.ɔpˈlaŋ.ktɔn/

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• Rhymes: -aŋktɔn
• Syllabification: zo‧op‧lan‧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