Know Your Next Word : neuston
23. neuston :
noun :
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water
Usage :
In the 1970s, when [Jacques Cousteau] joined Soviet scientists studying neuston, minute organisms in the upper layers of the ocean, the researchers could not get clean samples.(Marlise Simons : Jacques Cousteau's Righteous Crusade : The New York Times : Feb 13 - 1994.)
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