pleuston
Meanings
noun
- The organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
- Plants that live floating at the surface of water.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλεῦσις (pleûsis, “sailing”), from πλέω (pléō) + -on. The -t- is on analogy with the coordinate terms.
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