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defaunated

defaunated adjective: from which animals have been removed.

Adjective

defaunated (not comparable)

  1. From which animals have been removed.
    • Yet, initially defaunated empty tests and live barnacles developed markedly different macrobenthic assemblages, suggesting a strong indirect effect of the predation.2015 July 18, “Bored to Death: Community-Wide Effect of Predation on a Foundation Species in a Low-Disturbance Arctic Subtidal System”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about defaunated

What does defaunated mean?
Defaunated means from which animals have been removed.
What part of speech is defaunated?
Defaunated is an adjective.

Words near defaunated in the dictionary

  1. defaultists
  2. defaultless
  3. defaultly
  4. defaults
  5. defaunate
  6. defaunated
  7. defaunates
  8. defaunating
  9. defaunation
  10. defaunations
  11. DeFazio

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