benthos

See also: Benthos

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos, “the depths”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnθɒs/

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Noun

benthos (plural benthoses)

1. The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.

Derived terms

• benthic
• benthophyte
• benthoscape
• endobenthos
• epibenthos
• hyperbenthos
• macrobenthos
• megabenthos
• meiobenthos
• microbenthos
• microphytobenthos
• phytobenthos
• suprabenthos
• zoobenthos

Related terms

• benthon

Translations

flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water

Chinese: Mandarin: 底棲生物 / 底栖生物 (zh) Esperanto: bento, bentoso Finnish: pohjaeliöstö, bentos (fi) French: benthos (fr) m Galician: bentos (gl) m Georgian: ბენთოსი (bentosi) German: Benthos (de) n Greek: βένθος (el) n (vénthos) Hungarian: bentosz (hu) Irish: beantós (ga) m Italian: bentos (it) m Japanese: 底生生物, 底棲生物, ベントス Korean: 저서생물 (jeoseosaengmul) Polish: bentos (pl) m Russian: бе́нтос (ru) (béntos) Serbo-Croatian: bèntos (sh), бѐнтос Spanish: bentos (es) m