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microbiotope

microbiotope noun: a very small biotope.

Noun

microbiotope (plural microbiotopes)

  1. A very small biotope
    • A shorter unarmed rostrum along with reduced spines reduces impact of strong turbulent water fluxes, which are common in the microbiotopes where the shrimps thrive [51 ].2015 July 11, “Phylogeny and New Classification of Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Shrimps of the Family Alvinocarididae (Decapoda)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of microbiotope

pluralmicrobiotopes

Origin of microbiotope

From micro- + biotope.

Questions about microbiotope

What does microbiotope mean?
Microbiotope means a very small biotope.
What part of speech is microbiotope?
Microbiotope is a noun.
What is the plural of microbiotope?
The plural of microbiotope is microbiotopes.

Words near microbiotope in the dictionary

  1. microbiothere
  2. microbiotheres
  3. microbiotheriid
  4. microbiotheriids
  5. microbiotic
  6. microbiotope
  7. microbiotopes
  8. microbious
  9. microbipolar
  10. microbirthing
  11. microbism

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