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periphytic

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pe⋅riph⋅y⋅ton

  [puh-rif-i-ton]
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–noun Ecology.
the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
Origin:
1940–45; prob. peri- + Gk phŷton plant, -phyte, on the model of plankton

Related forms:
per⋅i⋅phyt⋅ic  [per-uh-fit-ik] , adjective
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