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macrobenthos

macrobenthos noun: benthic organisms that are big enough to be seen with the naked eye.

Noun

macrobenthos (uncountable)

  1. benthic organisms that are big enough to be seen with the naked eye

Origin of macrobenthos

From macro- + benthos.

Questions about macrobenthos

What does macrobenthos mean?
Macrobenthos means benthic organisms that are big enough to be seen with the naked eye.
What part of speech is macrobenthos?
Macrobenthos is a noun.

Words near macrobenthos in the dictionary

  1. macrobehaviors
  2. macrobehaviour
  3. macrobehavioural
  4. macrobehaviours
  5. macrobenthic
  6. macrobenthos
  7. macrobial
  8. macrobian
  9. Macrobians
  10. macrobicycle
  11. macrobicycles

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