pleustonic

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pleus·ton (pl

n, -st

)

Plants that float on the surface of bodies of fresh water.

[Greek pleusis, sailing; see pleu- in Indo-European roots + (plank)ton.]

pleus·tonic (pl

-st

k) adj.

pleustonic [pluːˈstɒnɪk]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) of or relating to pleuston

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) denoting a marine organism held at the surface of the water by a float, such as the Portuguese man-of-war

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No references found			Marine pleustonic (animals at the air-sea interface--Cheng, 1975) insects have three origins: 1) those few species that normally inhabit this surface, mostly water striders of the genus Halobates (Cheng, 1973); 2) normally terrestrial-aerial species transported seaward by air currents (Myers, 1926; Bowden and Johnson, 1976; Locke and Corey, 1986); and 3) normally terrestrial-aerial and freshwater species transported seaward by water currents (Zaitsev, 1970). Fluvial transport of terrestrial and aquatic insects into an estuary ... by Neck, Raymond W. / The Texas Journal of Science			pleurodynia pleuron Pleuronectes Pleuronectes platessa Pleuronectidae Pleuronectoid Pleuropericardial Pleuroperipneumony Pleuroperitoneal Pleuroperitoneum pleuropneumonia pleuropneumonia-like organism pleuropneumonialike organism Pleuroptera Pleurosigma Pleurosorus Pleurosteon pleurothallis Pleurothotonus Pleurotoma pleurotomy Pleurotus Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus phosphoreus pleuston pleustonic Pleven Plevin Plevna plew plexiform Plexiglas plexiglass Pleximeter pleximetry plexor Plexure plexus plexus autonomici plexus brachialis plexus cardiacus plexus caroticus plexus celiacus plexus cervicalis plexus choroideus plexus coccygeus plexus dentalis plexus hypogastricus plexus lumbalis plexus mesentericus plexus myentericus			pleuropneumonialike organism pleuropneumonialike organism pleuropneumonialike organism Pleuroptera pleuropulmonary pleuroscopy Pleurosigma Pleurosis Pleurosis Pleurosis Pleurosorus Pleurosteon Pleurostigmophora pleurothallis pleurothotonos Pleurothotonus Pleurothotonus Pleurotoma Pleurotomariacea pleurotomies pleurotomies pleurotomy pleurotomy pleurotomy Pleurotus Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus phosphoreus pleurovisceral pleuston pleuston pleustonic PLEVA PLEVA Plevako, Fedor Plevako, Fedor Nikiforovich Pleve, Pavel Pleve, Pavel Adamovich Pleve, Viacheslav Pleve, Viacheslav Konstantinovich Pleven Pleven Pleven District Pleven plan Pleven, Bulgaria Pleven, Bulgaria Pleven, Rene Pleven, René Plévène Plévène Plevin Plevna Plevna Plevne Plevne plew PLEWA plews PLEX plex- plexal PLEXCONCIL

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