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epibenthos

epibenthos noun: benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment.

Noun

epibenthos (uncountable)

  1. benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment

Origin of epibenthos

From epi- + benthos.

Questions about epibenthos

What does epibenthos mean?
Epibenthos means benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment.
What part of speech is epibenthos?
Epibenthos is a noun.

Words near epibenthos in the dictionary

  1. epibathyal
  2. epibatidine
  3. epibenthic
  4. epibenthically
  5. epibenthonic
  6. epibenthos
  7. epiberberine
  8. epibetulinic acid
  9. epibiont
  10. epibiontic
  11. epibiontically

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