nekton
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of nekton
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)All organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents.
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Etymology
From German Nekton which was coined in 1890 by Ernst Haeckel. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) + -on.
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