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hyperbenthic

hyperbenthic adjective: that lives above the seafloor.

Adjective

hyperbenthic (not comparable)

  1. That lives above the seafloor

Origin of hyperbenthic

From hyper- + benthic.

Questions about hyperbenthic

What does hyperbenthic mean?
Hyperbenthic means that lives above the seafloor.
What part of speech is hyperbenthic?
Hyperbenthic is an adjective.

Words near hyperbenthic in the dictionary

  1. hyperbeams
  2. hyperbeat
  3. hyperbeats
  4. hyperbending
  5. hyperbent
  6. hyperbenthic
  7. hyperbenthos
  8. hyperbetalipoproteinaemia
  9. hyperbetalipoproteinemia
  10. hyperbetalipoproteinemic
  11. hyperbibliographies

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