nekton
英 ['nekt(ə)n; -tɒn]
美['nɛk,tɑn]
- n. [生物] 自游生物
英英释义
- 1. the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
实用场景例句
- Fishes, crabs, octopus, are part of nekton.
- 鱼类 、 蟹类 、 章鱼都是自游动物的组成部分.
辞典例句
- Plankton and nekton are pelagic organisms.
- 浮游生物和自游生物都是海面的生物.
辞典例句
双语例句
- 1. Fishes, crabs, octopus, are part of nekton.
- 鱼类 、 蟹类 、 章鱼都是自游动物的组成部分.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Plankton and nekton are pelagic organisms.
- 浮游生物和自游生物都是海面的生物.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- nekton
- 1893, from German nekton (van Heusen, 1890), from Greek nekton, neuter of nektos "swimming," from nekhein "to swim" (see natatorium).