Definitions for pleuston

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pleuston pleus·ton

Spelling: [ploo-stuh n, -ston]

IPA: /ˈplu stən, -stɒn/

Pleuston is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 394 anagrams from letters in pleuston (elnopstu).

Definitions for pleuston

noun

1. a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.

Origin of pleuston

1940-45; pleus- (Greek pleûs(is) sailing, or pleus- aorist stem of pleîn to sail, go by sea) + -ton, on the model of nekton, plankton