Usually means: Temporary planktonic stage, not permanent.
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  1. meroplankton: Merriam-Webster
  2. meroplankton: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. meroplankton: Collins English Dictionary
  4. meroplankton: Wordnik
  5. meroplankton: Wiktionary
  6. meroplankton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. meroplankton: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. meroplankton: Dictionary.com
  9. Meroplankton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. meroplankton: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton

Similar:
zooplankter, planktonivore, zooplankton, plankton, metazooplankton, haliplankton, potamoplankton, limnoplankton, plankter, zooplanktivore, more...

Opposite:
holoplankton, benthos, nekton

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Similar:
zooplankter, planktonivore, zooplankton, plankton, metazooplankton, haliplankton, potamoplankton, limnoplankton, plankter, zooplanktivore, more...

Opposite:
holoplankton, benthos, nekton



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