benthos

See also: Benthos

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnθɒs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

benthos (plural benthoses)

1. The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.

Derived terms

• benthic
• benthophyte
• benthoscape
• endobenthos
• epibenthos
• hyperbenthos
• macrobenthos
• megabenthos
• meiobenthos
• microbenthos
• microphytobenthos
• phytobenthos
• suprabenthos
• zoobenthos

Related terms

• benthon

Translations

flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 底棲生物 / 底栖生物 (zh)

• Esperanto: bento, bentoso
• Finnish: pohjaeliöstö, bentos (fi)
• French: benthos (fr) m
• Galician: bentos (gl) m
• Georgian: ბენთოსი (bentosi)
• German: Benthos (de) n
• Greek: βένθος (el) n (vénthos)
• Hungarian: bentosz (hu)
• Irish: beantós (ga) m
• Italian: bentos (it) m
• Japanese: 底生生物, 底棲生物, ベントス
• Korean: 저서생물 (jeoseosaengmul)
• Polish: bentos (pl) m
• Russian: бе́нтос (ru) (béntos)
• Serbo-Croatian: bèntos (sh), бѐнтос
• Spanish: bentos (es) m