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contortoplankton (s) (noun), contortoplankton (pl)
A floating mass of diatoms: It was interesting to view a TV documentary about contortoplankton which consist of a gliding mass of microscopic algae that live in colonies and have cell walls of interlocking parts and valves containing silica.
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