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microbenthos

microbenthos noun: benthic organisms that are less than .1 mm in size and thus microscopic.

Noun

microbenthos (uncountable)

  1. benthic organisms that are less than .1 mm in size and thus microscopic.

Origin of microbenthos

From micro- + benthos.

Questions about microbenthos

What does microbenthos mean?
Microbenthos means benthic organisms that are less than .1 mm in size and thus microscopic.
What part of speech is microbenthos?
Microbenthos is a noun.

Words near microbenthos in the dictionary

  1. microbenchmark
  2. microbenchmarking
  3. microbenchmarks
  4. microbend
  5. microbenthic
  6. microbenthos
  7. microbes
  8. microbia
  9. microbial
  10. microbial clock
  11. microbial clocks

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