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Plankton vs Genet - What's the difference?

plankton | genet |

As nouns the difference between plankton and genet

is that plankton is plankton while genet is broom (shrub).

plankton

English

(wikipedia plankton)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • a generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea. A single organism is known as a plankter

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, aeroplankton , bacterioplankton , epiplankton , femtoplankton , holoplankton , macroplankton , megaplankton , meroplankton , mesoplankton , microplankton , nanoplankton , phytoplankton , picoplankton , planktonic , pseudoplankton , zooplankton}}

    Related terms

    {{rel3, plankter , planktic , planktology , planktotrophic}}

    genet

    English

    (Genetta)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) genette, (etyl) genette, (jenette) et al., of uncertain origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
  • The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.

    • Etymology 2

    Coined in the 20th century from (gene).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A group of genetically identical individuals (plants, fungi, bacteria etc.) that have grown in a given location, all originating from asexual reproduction of a single ancestor; a group of ramets

    • Etymology 3

    See jennet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

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