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Zooplankton

animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae

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Diatom noun · 86% connection

microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

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Nanoplankton noun · 86% connection

microscopic organisms found in plankton

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Phytoplankton noun · 86% connection

photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae

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Plankton noun · 86% connection

the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

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Planktonic algae noun · 86% connection

unicellular algae, one of four families of Charophyte green algae

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Potamoplankton noun · 86% connection

plankton that inhabit rivers

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Monad noun · 85% connection

(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)

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Coral reef noun · 85% connection

a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

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Estuary noun · 85% connection

the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

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Amphidiploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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Bacteria noun · 85% connection

(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…

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Bacterium noun · 85% connection

(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…

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Carrier noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not appare…

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Cross noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Crossbreed noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Diploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

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Haploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

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Heteroploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…

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Anchovy noun · 78% connection

small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide