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meiobenthos

meiobenthos noun: a group of marine or freshwater benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrobenthos and microbenthos, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.

Noun

meiobenthos (uncountable)

  1. A group of marine or freshwater benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrobenthos and microbenthos, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.
    Synonyms:
    meiofauna

Synonyms of meiobenthos

Origin of meiobenthos

From meio- + benthos.

Words formed from meiobenthos

Questions about meiobenthos

What does meiobenthos mean?
Meiobenthos means a group of marine or freshwater benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrobenthos and microbenthos, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.
What part of speech is meiobenthos?
Meiobenthos is a noun.

Words near meiobenthos in the dictionary

  1. Meinzers
  2. meio-
  3. meiobar
  4. meiobars
  5. meiobenthic
  6. meiobenthos
  7. Meiocene
  8. meiocyte
  9. meiocytes
  10. meiofauna
  11. meiofaunae

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