Usually means: Organisms living on water's surface.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. pleuston: Merriam-Webster
  2. pleuston: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pleuston: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pleuston: Wiktionary
  5. pleuston: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. pleuston: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. pleuston: Dictionary.com
  8. Pleuston: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. pleuston: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

(Note: See pleustonic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pleuston)

noun:  (ecology) The organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
noun:  (botany) Plants that live floating at the surface of water.

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