Usually means: Aquatic animals that swim actively.
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  1. nekton: Merriam-Webster
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  8. nekton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  14. nekton: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (nekton)

noun:  (zoology) All organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents.

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