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phytoplankton
This term describes the primary producers of the ocean, serving as the foundation for nearly all marine food webs. It carries a scientific and biological connotation, typically appearing in academic, environmental, or oceanographic discussions rather than casual conversation.
Grammatically, this noun is treated as a collective mass or an uncountable entity. Because it refers to a vast, microscopic population rather than individual organisms, it does not have a standard plural form and is used with singular verbs. To refer to a single organism, one would use a partitive construction such as a single cell of phytoplankton.
Meanings
Examples
The teacher explained how phytoplankton produce oxygen.
Could phytoplankton be the key to this mystery?
The floating phytoplankton glowed in the dark water.
Phytoplankton form the critical base of the marine food web.
Climate change significantly alters the distribution of phytoplankton.
Climate change significantly alters the distribution of phytoplankton.
Ancient oceans relied on phytoplankton for early oxygenation.
Ancient oceans relied on phytoplankton for early oxygenation.