holoplankton

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Etymology

From holo- +‎ plankton.

Noun

holoplankton (countable and uncountable, plural holoplankton or holoplanktons)

  1. (biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton.
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Plankton”, in Biology Online‎[1]:
      Holoplanktons are consumed by a wide variety of marine organisms, ranging from small invertebrates to large fish and marine mammals.

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