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Byssal

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gapeverb(intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
abyssicabyssal
malacostracousnoun(zoology) Belonging to the Malacostraca.
bathybic(archaic) Living in the depths of the water, or near the bottom under the deep water.
hyperbenthic(biology) That lives above the seafloor
malacoid(biology) soft-bodied
benthonicnounSynonym of benthic.
lamellibranchiate(zoology) Having lamellar gills; relating to the lamellibranchs
malacophagousThat feeds on molluscs
macrobenthicnounRelating to the macrobenthos
benthalnounbenthic
basibranchialnounAny fish that has such gills
bathygenicProduced at great depth
subbenthicBeneath the seafloor
abyssal bluenounA dark shade of blue.
endobenthic(ecology) That lives within the sediment on the seafloor
holobenthic(biology) That inhabits the seafloor during all phases of life
benthic blacknounA very dark shade of blue-magenta.
rursiradiate(malacology, of the ribs of a cephalopod shell) Inclined backward.
planorboid(malacology) Flat and orb-like.

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