Definition of Bentos

1. bento [n] - See also: bento

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bentos

benthoses
bentier
bentiest
benting time
benting times
bentiromide
bentiromide test
bento
bento box
bentonite
bentonite flocculation test
bentonites
bentonitic
bentorite
bentorites
bentos (current term)
bents
bentsh
bentshed
bentsher
bentshes
bentshing
bentwood
bentwoods
benty
benumb
benumbed
benumbedness
benumbing
benumbingly

Literary usage of Bentos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Paraná: With Incidents of the Paraguayan War, and South American by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1868)
"FRAY bentos is said to derive its name from "an old friar bentos, ... The town of Fray bentos was by a decree of the "Banda-Oriental Government," named ..."

2. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation and Paraguay: Being a Narrative of the by Thomas Jefferson Page (1859)
"Frey bentos.—Fine Pasturage.—Herds of Cattle.—Arrival at Concepción.—College.—Saladeros. ... bentos ..."

3. Along Shore with a Man-of-war by Marguerite Dickins (1893)
"FRAY bentos. LIEBIG'S EXTRACT A GREAT URUGUAYAN INDUSTRY—HOMES OF THE ... THE twin towns of Fray bentos and Independencia, each built on a point that juts ..."

4. Modern Argentina, the El Dorado of To-day: With Notes on Uruguay and Chile by W. H. (William Henry) Koebel (1907)
"... maze of islands—A picturesque stream—Method of landing—Fray bentos—Beauty of the “Lemco” town—A kitchen of the world—The workings and ramifications of ..."

5. Central America, the West Indies and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Henry Walter Bates (1885)
"... IN FRAY bentos. 2. Inhabitants—Occupations—Sheep-Farming. The people and their pursuits are here nearly the same as in La Plata. ..."

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