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nekton

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  1. the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales

Word origin

From German Nekton which was coined in 1890 by Ernst Haeckel. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) + -on.

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