plankter
Plural: plankters
Noun
- Any individual organism that is part of plankton.
- A single organism of plankton.
Examples
- He felt like a tiny PLANKTER in a vast ocean of letters, desperately trying to form a word.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from German Plankter, from Koine Greek πλαγκτήρ (planktḗr, “wanderer; one who leads another astray, beguiler”), modelled after German Plankton (“plankton”). Πλαγκτήρ (Planktḗr) is derived from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́ζεσθαι (plắzesthai) (the mediopassive of πλᾰ́ζω (plắzō, “to turn away from (something); to roam, wander”)) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine agent nouns from verbs).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
plankter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordplankter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plankter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
plankter: valid Words With Friends Word