: free-swimming aquatic animals essentially independent of wave and current action
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nekton
noun
nek·ton
ˈnek-tən 
-ˌtän
: strong-swimming water-dwelling animals (as whales, sharks, or squid) that are largely independent of the action of waves and currents
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