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Nektons
- noun - the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
Neoteny
- noun - an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
Neotony
- noun - the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species
Neptune
- noun - (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon
- a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; "the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846"
Nesting
- verb - fit together or fit inside; "nested bowls"
- gather nests
- inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
Netting
- verb - a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
- catch with a net; "net a fish"
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
- creating nets
- make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
- yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
Orotund
- adjective - (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
- ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
- pompous
Ousting
- verb - remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"
- remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out