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endobenthos

endobenthos noun: benthic organisms that live buried or burrowing in the sediment, often in the oxygenated top layer.

Noun

endobenthos (uncountable)

  1. benthic organisms that live buried or burrowing in the sediment, often in the oxygenated top layer

Origin of endobenthos

From endo- + benthos.

Questions about endobenthos

What does endobenthos mean?
Endobenthos means benthic organisms that live buried or burrowing in the sediment, often in the oxygenated top layer.
What part of speech is endobenthos?
Endobenthos is a noun.

Words near endobenthos in the dictionary

  1. endobag
  2. endobags
  3. endobasidial
  4. endobasion
  5. endobenthic
  6. endobenthos
  7. endobifunctor
  8. endobifunctors
  9. endobiliary
  10. endobiont
  11. endobionts

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