Microbenthos

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    benthic organisms that are less than .1 mm in size and thus microscopic. uncountable
  2. 2
    microscopic benthic organisms that are less than 0.1 mm in size. wordnet

Etymology

From micro- + benthos.

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