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bioturbate

bioturbate verb: to rework and mix soils or other sediments.

Verb

bioturbate (third-person singular simple present bioturbates, present participle bioturbating, simple past and past participle bioturbated)

  1. To rework and mix soils or other sediments.
    • Basin and regional scale capture of labile substrates into bioturbated deposits can be generally demonstrated, for example, along the highly productive Cape Hatteras continental margin.2019 June 25, Robert C. Aller, J. Kirk Cochran, “The Critical Role of Bioturbation for Particle Dynamics, Priming Potential, and Organic C Remineralization in Marine Sediments: Local and Basin...

Forms of bioturbate

third-person singular presentbioturbates
present participlebioturbating
past participlebioturbated
pastbioturbated

Origin of bioturbate

From bio- + turbate.

Questions about bioturbate

What does bioturbate mean?
Bioturbate means to rework and mix soils or other sediments.
What part of speech is bioturbate?
Bioturbate is a verb.
What is the past tense of bioturbate?
The past tense of bioturbate is bioturbated.

Words near bioturbate in the dictionary

  1. biotrophs
  2. biotrophy
  3. biotruth
  4. biotruths
  5. biots
  6. bioturbate
  7. bioturbated
  8. bioturbates
  9. bioturbating
  10. bioturbation
  11. bioturbational

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