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bentos

bentos noun: the flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water. Also the plural of bento.

Noun

bentos

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

Also used as

bentos is also the plural of bento.

Phrases with bentos

Questions about bentos

What does bentos mean?
Bentos means the flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
What part of speech is bentos?
Bentos is a noun.

Words near bentos in the dictionary

  1. bentonitization
  2. Bentons
  3. Bentonville
  4. bentorite
  5. bentorites
  6. bentos
  7. bentricular
  8. bents
  9. Bentsen
  10. Bentsens
  11. bentsh

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