Synonyms for "benthos" (51 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

abyssabyssal zonealevinbassaliabathyal zonebenthonbottom watersbottomless depthscetacean

Noun(2 words)

benthic divisionbenthonic zone

Strong matches (15)

deepdolphinfingerlingfishfrygame fishgrilsegroundinner spacekipperloch ness monsterman eaterman-eaterman-eating sharkmarine animal

Related words (25)

minnowminnynektonocean bottomocean depthsocean floorpanfishpelagic zoneplanktonporpoisesalmonsea monstersea pigsea serpentsea snakesharksmoltspongethe deepthe deep sea

Show 5 more words

the deepsthe depthstrenchtropical fishwhale

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries

beingbiogeographical regionorganism

Related terms

1 entries

benthon

derived

14 entries

benthicbenthophytebenthoscapeendobenthosepibenthoshyperbenthosmacrobenthosmegabenthosmeiobenthosmicrobenthosmicrophytobenthosphytobenthossuprabenthoszoobenthos

is a

2 entries

biogeographical regionorganism

related to

2 entries

faunaflora

Translations

22 translations across 17 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 底棲生物 /底栖生物 noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Esperanto

2 entries

• bento noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)
• bentoso noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Finnish

2 entries

• bentos noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)
• pohjaeliöstö noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

French

1 entries

• benthos noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Galician

1 entries

• bentos noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Georgian

1 entries

• ბენთოსი noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

German

1 entries

• Benthos noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Greek

1 entries

• βένθος noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Hungarian

1 entries

• bentosz noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Irish

1 entries

• beantós noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Italian

1 entries

• bentos noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Japanese

3 entries

• ベントス noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)
• 底棲生物 noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)
• 底生生物 noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Korean

1 entries

• 저서생물 noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Polish

1 entries

• bentos noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Russian

1 entries

• бе́нтос noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• bèntos noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)
• бѐнтос noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

Spanish

1 entries

• bentos noun (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water)

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