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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

meiofauna

Etymology

From meio- + benthos.

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