Usually means: Aquatic organisms attached to surfaces.
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  1. periphyton: Merriam-Webster
  2. periphyton: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. periphyton: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. periphyton: Collins English Dictionary
  5. periphyton: Wiktionary
  6. periphyton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. periphyton: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. periphyton: Dictionary.com
  9. Periphyton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. periphyton: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See periphytic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (periphyton)

noun:  (ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.

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