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zooplankton

Small floating animals that drift in the ocean or freshwater currents and serve as a primary food source for larger marine organisms.

Noun

This term describes a diverse group of drifting organisms, ranging from microscopic larvae to larger crustaceans. It carries a scientific connotation, typically appearing in biological, ecological, or oceanographic contexts to describe the base of the marine food web.

Grammatically, this noun is treated as an uncountable mass noun. It refers to the collective population of these organisms rather than individual creatures. To refer to a single organism, one must use a partitive construction such as a piece of zooplankton or a zooplankton organism.

Meanings

Noun

The whale filters vast quantities of zooplankton from the seawater to feed.

Look at the zooplankton.

Zooplankton are very small.

I see zooplankton here.

The fish ate the zooplankton.

Zooplankton drift in the water.

We studied zooplankton in class.

The biology teacher explained zooplankton today.

School Life

Imagine a world where zooplankton vanish.

Fantasy

The diver spotted zooplankton glowing at night.

Travel

Trivia

Climate change threatens the abundance of zooplankton.

History

The report analyzes the distribution of zooplankton.

Business

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