benthic

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WOTD – 9 September 2007    

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Etymology[edit]

From benthos.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈbɛnθɪk/

Adjective[edit]

benthic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
    • 2001, David Mitchell, Number 9 Dream
      With that, the rodent vanished into the benthic bowels of his pyrrhic pile.

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of the benthos on the seafloor

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