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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
neuston /ˈnjuːstɒn/

▶noun Biology the small organisms living in or on the surface of water.

– derivatives
neustonic adjective.

– origin via Ger. from Gk, neut. of neustos ‘swimming’, on the pattern of plankton.

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