n 1 e 1 k 5 t 1 o 1 n 1
6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
originFrom German Nekton which was coined in 1890 by Ernst Haeckel. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) + -on.
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