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benthon

benthon noun: the habitat at the bottom of a body of water.

Noun

benthon (plural benthons)

  1. The habitat at the bottom of a body of water.
    • The simple trophic relations in the plankton do not demand such a wide variety of adaptations as do the complex relations in the benthon where, in addition to microphagous herbivores, there are also macrophagous ones and an^([sic]) unique of detritus feeders which build up animal protoplasm on the...1961, Challenger Society for the Promotion of the Study of Oceanography, Annual Report and Proceedings of the Challenger Society, volumes 13-20, The Society, →OCLC, page 28

Forms of benthon

pluralbenthons

Origin of benthon

From benth- + -on.

Questions about benthon

What does benthon mean?
Benthon means the habitat at the bottom of a body of water.
What part of speech is benthon?
Benthon is a noun.
What is the plural of benthon?
The plural of benthon is benthons.

Words near benthon in the dictionary

  1. benthocosms
  2. benthocyanin
  3. benthocyanins
  4. benthological
  5. benthology
  6. benthon
  7. benthonic
  8. benthons
  9. benthopectinid
  10. benthopectinids
  11. benthopelagic

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