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meiofauna

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

Noun

meiofauna (plural meiofaunas or meiofaunae)

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

meiofauna meaning in Hindi

meiofauna in Hindi

अर्धप्राणिजात

Synonyms of meiofauna

Forms of meiofauna

pluralmeiofaunas
pluralmeiofaunae

Origin of meiofauna

From meio- + fauna. Meio- is from Ancient Greek μεῖον (meîon, “less”).

Words formed from meiofauna

Questions about meiofauna

What does meiofauna mean?
Meiofauna means a group of marine or freshwater, typically benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrofauna and microfauna, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.
What is meiofauna in Hindi?
Meiofauna in Hindi is अर्धप्राणिजात. See Meiofauna meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is meiofauna?
Meiofauna is a noun.
What is the plural of meiofauna?
The plural of meiofauna is meiofaunas.

Words near meiofauna in the dictionary

  1. meiobenthic
  2. meiobenthos
  3. Meiocene
  4. meiocyte
  5. meiocytes
  6. meiofauna
  7. meiofaunae
  8. meiofaunal
  9. meiofaunas
  10. meiogenesis
  11. meiogynogenesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meiofauna (page history and authors); meiofauna (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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