holoplankton

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noun

Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton.

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Meanings

nounholoplankton (countable and uncountable, plural holoplankton or holoplanktons)

plural holoplanktons

  1. countableuncountablebiologyAny organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton.

    Holoplanktons are consumed by a wide variety of marine organisms, ranging from small invertebrates to large fish and marine mammals.

    (Can we date this quote?), “Plankton”, in Biology Online

Origin

From holo- + plankton.

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Translations

Danish holoplankton
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Indonesian holoplankton
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Russian голопланктон
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Cite this entry
APA

holoplankton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holoplankton

MLA

“holoplankton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holoplankton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holoplankton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holoplankton.

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