benthos

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New word: if you're one of those creatures that abides in the lowest level of a body of water (benthic zone), you are called a 'benthos'.

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  1. noun The collection of organisms living on or in sea or lake bottoms.
  2. noun The bottom of a sea or lake.

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  • These larvae filter-feed in the water column before settling to the benthos to transform into adults. —  Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth
  • New word: if you're one of those creatures that abides in the lowest level of a body of water (benthic zone), you are called a 'benthos'. —  Ugly Overload
  • Transplanted bivalves (oysters, mussels or clams) were not effective indicators of either the degree of Se contamination in P. amurensis or the seasonal increases in contamination in the resident benthos. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Piltun Lagoon produces organic matter crucial for benthos such as as sea stars, oysters, clams, sea cucumbers, brittle stars and sea anemones which form the Grey Whale's main food source. —  Signs of the Times
  • Oxygen minimum zone benthos: adaptation and community response to hypoxia. —  Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth
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  1. Greek.

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  1. Greek βένθος, depth, akin to βάθος, depth: see bathos.
 

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