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bioturbations

bioturbations is the plural of bioturbation.

Meaning of bioturbation

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

Questions about bioturbations

What is bioturbations the plural of?
Bioturbations is the plural of bioturbation.

Words near bioturbations in the dictionary

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

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