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epibenthic

epibenthic adjective: that lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea.

Adjective

epibenthic (not comparable)

  1. That lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea

Origin of epibenthic

From epi- + benthic.

Words formed from epibenthic

Questions about epibenthic

What does epibenthic mean?
Epibenthic means that lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea.
What part of speech is epibenthic?
Epibenthic is an adjective.

Words near epibenthic in the dictionary

  1. epibasidia
  2. epibasidial
  3. epibasidium
  4. epibathyal
  5. epibatidine
  6. epibenthic
  7. epibenthically
  8. epibenthonic
  9. epibenthos
  10. epiberberine
  11. epibetulinic acid

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