ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Holoplankton

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Holoplankton is a noun meaning (biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton.

Meaning

(biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton.

Example Sentences

Holoplanktons are consumed by a wide variety of marine organisms, ranging from small invertebrates to large fish and marine mammals.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bacterioplankton, macroplanktivore, planktotrophy, picophytoplankton, homoplast, diplobios.

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