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Benthos

//ˈbɛnθɒs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
  2. 2
    organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream wordnet
  3. 3
    a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos, “the depths”).

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