aeroplankton means the tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “aeroplankton” is a great word
AEROPLANKTON — [Noun] The assemblage of minute organisms, such as spores, pollen, and small insects, that float or drift passively in the atmosphere. From the combining form aero- (from Greek āēr, meaning "air") + plankton (from Greek planktos, meaning "drifting" or "wandering"). Unlike plankton, which drifts in aquatic seas, or airborne particles, which could be inert dust, aeroplankton is the specific, living dust of the sky. It is the invisible snow of pollen rising from a pine forest, the fungal spore riding a thermal over a meadow, and the spiderling ballooning on a silken thread a thousand feet aloft—a silent, aerial diaspora whose quiet transit writes the silent history of continents on the wind.
Etymology
From aero- + plankton.
noun
- The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.“Aeroplankton are the atmospheric equivalent of oceanic plankton.”