tripton
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek τριπτός (triptós, “rubbed off matter”) + -on.
1
The inorganic particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas.
- Synonyms
- abioseston
- Hypernyms
- seston
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