noun
nekton
Nekton (noun) means Sea creatures that can swim on their own, rather than just drifting with the current.
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Sea creatures that can swim on their own, rather than just drifting with the current.
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Etymology
From German Nekton, coined in 1890 by Ernst Haeckel; by surface analysis it is Ancient Greek νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) + -on.
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"nekton" (noun) means sea creatures that can swim on their own, rather than just drifting with the current.
