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bioturbation

bioturbation noun: the mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms.

Noun

bioturbation (countable and uncountable, plural bioturbations)

  1. The mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms.
    • If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface.2012, Wilfried Michaelis, Estuarine Water Quality Management: Monitoring, Modelling and Research, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 168

Forms of bioturbation

pluralbioturbations

Origin of bioturbation

From bio- + Latin turbātiō (“disturbance; confusion”).

Words formed from bioturbation

Questions about bioturbation

What does bioturbation mean?
Bioturbation means the mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms.
What part of speech is bioturbation?
Bioturbation is a noun.
What is the plural of bioturbation?
The plural of bioturbation is bioturbations.

Words near bioturbation in the dictionary

  1. biots
  2. bioturbate
  3. bioturbated
  4. bioturbates
  5. bioturbating
  6. bioturbation
  7. bioturbational
  8. bioturbations
  9. bioturbator
  10. bioturbators
  11. bioturbatory

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