how to pronounce plankton

/ˈplæŋk.tən/

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plankton is pronounced in two syllables

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plæŋktən

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An example use of plankton in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the name of law a plankton he discreetly …”

meaning of plankton

Plankton is a type of microscopic marine animal.

plankton frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word plankton occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics plankton can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that plankton can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

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