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infaunae

infaunae is the plural of infauna.

Meaning of infauna

Noun

infauna (plural infaunas or infauna or infaunae)

  1. Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments.
    • Burrowing bivalves are infauna that filter-feed from within seafloor sediments.

Questions about infaunae

What is infaunae the plural of?
Infaunae is the plural of infauna.

Words near infaunae in the dictionary

  1. infatuations
  2. infatuative
  3. infatuator
  4. infatuators
  5. infauna
  6. infaunae
  7. infaunal
  8. infaunalization
  9. infaunally
  10. infaunas
  11. infaunt

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