Usually means: Eats plankton as primary food.
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  1. planktivorous: Merriam-Webster
  2. planktivorous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. planktivorous: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Consuming or eating plankton

Similar:
planktonophagous, planktophagous, zooplanktivorous, zooplanktophagous, plastivorous, planktic, foraminiferivorous, diatomivorous, planktonic, benthivorous, more...

Opposite:
benthivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous

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Similar:
planktonophagous, planktophagous, zooplanktivorous, zooplanktophagous, plastivorous, planktic, foraminiferivorous, diatomivorous, planktonic, benthivorous, more...

Opposite:
benthivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous



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