picoplankton means the plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From pico- + plankton.
noun
- The plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers.“He and P. W. Johnson confirmed the recent discovery of a species of photosynthetic picoplankton, using electron microscopes to perceive fluorescence produced by the chlorophyll of the organisms.”