seston

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material. countable,uncountable
    — Depending on mesh size and the area of investigation, net samples contain a variable mixture called seston. […] Nowadays plankton stands for the living part of seston, detritus for dead organic and inorganic particles.

词形变化

sestons plural

词源

From German Seston, by surface analysis, Ancient Greek σηστός (sēstós, “sifter”, verbal adjective of σήθω (sḗthō, “I strain, filter”)) + -on. Compare plankton.
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