Associations to the word «Nekton»

Wiktionary

NEKTON, noun. (zoology) All organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents.

Dictionary definition

NEKTON, noun. The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats