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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

planktonophagous en · ADJ

Etymology

From plankton + -o- + -phagous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Consuming plankton.
    • Finally, coral reef POM constitutes a source of OM for planktonic invertebrates and planktonophagous fish. 2015 July 2, Briand MJ, Bonnet X, Goiran C, Guillou G, Letourneur Y, “Major Sources of Organic Matter in a Complex Coral Reef Lagoon: Identification from Isotopic Signatures (δ 13 C and δ 15 N)”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
    • The blue is stenophagous and planktonophagous, the North Atlantic minke largely ichthyophagous. 1982, David Edward Gaskin, The Ecology of Whales and Dolphins, page 69:

Synonyms

planktivorous