meroplanktonic etymology

English word meroplanktonic comes from English planktonic, English mero- (Part. Partial.)

Detailed word origin of meroplanktonic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
planktonic English (eng) Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor.. Of or pertaining to plankton.
mero- English (eng) Part. Partial.
meroplanktonic English (eng) Of or pertaining to meroplankton.

Words with the same origin as meroplanktonic

Descendants of mero-
bimeromorphic hypermeromorphic meroblast merocele merocerite meroclone merocyanine merogamete merogenesis merogony merohedral meroistic meromorphic meromyosin meropia meroplankton meroplasmodium merorganization merosomal merosome merosporangium merostome meroterpene meroterpenoid