plankter
/ˈplæŋktər/
noun
- A single organism that lives in water and drifts or swims weakly, part of the plankton community.
- A single plankter can be too small to see without a microscope.
- Scientists studied one plankter to understand its role in the ocean food web.
- Each plankter drifts with the current, unable to swim against it.
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