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zooplankton
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Animal component of the plankton that feed on phytoplankton and other zooplankton (primary consumers). Compare phytoplankton.
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zygote
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A fertilized egg, or the diploid cell that results from the joining of two haploid gametes (sperm and egg) during sexual reproduction, that will cleave to form an embryo. See also fertilization and gamete.
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12/18/2007
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