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Meaning of picoplankton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers.

uncountable

Examples

“He and P. W. Johnson confirmed the recent discovery of a species of photosynthetic picoplankton, using electron microscopes to perceive fluorescence produced by the chlorophyll of the organisms.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

picoplatin picoprasinophyte picoprokaryote picopump picoradian picornavirologist