Usually means: Microscopic plants drifting in oceans.
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  1. phytoplankton: Merriam-Webster
  2. phytoplankton: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phytoplankton: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phytoplankton: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phytoplankton: Vocabulary.com
  6. Phytoplankton, phytoplankton: Wordnik
  7. phytoplankton: Wiktionary
  8. phytoplankton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. phytoplankton: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. phytoplankton: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. phytoplankton: Dictionary.com
  12. Phytoplankton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. phytoplankton: Rhymezone
  14. phytoplankton: FreeDictionary.org
  15. phytoplankton: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. phytoplankton: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phytoplankton: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
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  3. phytoplankton: Medical dictionary

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  4. phytoplankton: Evolution Glossary
  5. phytoplankton: Natural History Terms

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (phytoplankton)

noun:  Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.

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