🔄 Synonyms of "Benthos"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| benthic divisionnoun | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
| benthonic zonenoun | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
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| Word | Definition |
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| benthic divisionnoun | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
| benthonic zonenoun | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
| benthonnoun | (ecology, biology) The habitat at the bottom of a body of water. |
| nektobenthosnoun | The organisms that swim at the bottom of a lake or sea; the nektonic benthos. |
| groundnoun | The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. |
| benthologynoun | Study of organisms living on the sea floor. |
| benthophilnoun | (biology) Any organism that lives on the seafloor |
| epibenthosnoun | (ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment |
| endobenthosnoun | (ecology) benthic organisms that live buried or burrowing in the sediment, often in the oxygenated top layer |
| hyperbenthosnoun | (biology) benthic organisms that live just above the sediment |
| benthoscapenoun | A landscape of the seafloor. |
| benthicnoun | Any organism that lives on the seafloor. |
| bottomnoun | The lowest part of anything. |
| epifaunanoun | The benthic fauna, i.e. the collection of sea animals living on the seafloor. |
| groundlingnoun | Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially: |
| benthophagenoun | (biology) Any animal that feeds in the deep sea |
| seabednoun | The floor or bottom of the sea or ocean. |
| bottom-fishingnoun | Alternative form of bottom fishing. [Fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.] |
| bottom feedernoun | A fish or other aquatic creature that feeds off the bottom of its habitat; a flatfish. |
| infaunanoun | Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments |
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