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təˈplæŋk noun
the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.
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phytoplankton (ˌfaɪtəˈplæŋktən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Compare zooplankton the photosynthesizing organisms in plankton, mainly unicellular algae and cyanobacteria | |
| phytoplanktonic | |
| —adj | |
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Phytoplankton
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Science Dictionary
| phytoplankton (fī'tō-plāngk'tən) Pronunciation Key
Plankton consisting of free-floating algae, protists, and cyanobacteria. Phytoplankton form the beginning of the food chain for aquatic animals and fix large amounts of carbon, which would otherwise be released as carbon dioxide. |
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Example sentences
Depth and life, specifically phytoplankton, both influence the ocean's color.
Anyway, at some point chloroplasts evolved in phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton are free floating flora which convert inorganic compounds into complex organic compounds.
Phytoplankton is the official name for the microscopic floating plants that live in the sunlit layer of the ocean.
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