plêuston

Portuguese

Physalia physalis, a typical pleustonic organism.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλεῦσις (pleûsis, “sailing”), from πλέω (pléō).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplews.tõ/ [ˈpleʊ̯s.tõ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈplewʃ.tõ/ [ˈpleʊ̯ʃ.tõ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplewʃ.tɔn/

Hyphenation: plêus‧ton

Noun

plêuston m (plural plêustons or plêustones)

pleuston

See also

nêuston

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