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benthos en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɛnθɒs/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

benthon

Translations (23)

ru бе́нтос (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · fi pohjaeliöstö (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · es bentos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · eo bento (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · id bentos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · ga beantós (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · sh бѐнтос (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · cmn 底棲生物 /底栖生物 (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · de Benthos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · sh bèntos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · ja ベントス (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · ja 底生生物 (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · fi bentos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · pl bentos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · it bentos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · hu bentosz (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · eo bentoso (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · ko 저서생물 (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · gl bentos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · el βένθος (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · ja 底棲生物 (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · ka ბენთოსი (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) · fr benthos (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)