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Definition of Pleuston
1. Noun. (uncountable ecology) The organisms that live floating at the surface of water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pleuston
1. aquatic vegetation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleuston
Literary usage of Pleuston
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"These include plants of the plankton, or micro- thai float free on water, of the
pleuston, or macrophytes float on or are suspended in water, ..."
2. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal (1903)
"Als pleuston wird diejenige Flora bezeichnet, welche nicht ... Im Bodensee gehören
zum pleuston nur Utricularia, Cerato- phyllum und in sehr geringer ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"These include plants of the plankton, or micro- thai float free on water, of the
pleuston, or macrophytes float on or are suspended in water, ..."
4. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal (1903)
"Als pleuston wird diejenige Flora bezeichnet, welche nicht ... Im Bodensee gehören
zum pleuston nur Utricularia, Cerato- phyllum und in sehr geringer ..."
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