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hyperbenthos

hyperbenthos noun: benthic organisms that live just above the sediment.

Noun

hyperbenthos (uncountable)

  1. benthic organisms that live just above the sediment

Origin of hyperbenthos

From hyper- + benthos.

Questions about hyperbenthos

What does hyperbenthos mean?
Hyperbenthos means benthic organisms that live just above the sediment.
What part of speech is hyperbenthos?
Hyperbenthos is a noun.

Words near hyperbenthos in the dictionary

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

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