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Definition of Benthos

1. Noun. A region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones.

2. Noun. Organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea.

Definition of Benthos

1. n. The bottom of the sea, esp. of the deep oceans; hence (Bot. & Zoöl.), the fauna and flora of the sea bottom; -- opposed to plankton.

Definition of Benthos

1. Noun. The flora and fauna at the bottom of the ocean or other body of water. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Benthos

1. benthic sea life [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Benthos

1. Animals and plants living on or within the substrate of a water body (freshwater, estuarine or marine). (06 Aug 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benthos

bentched bentches bentching benthal benthic benthic division benthoal benthon benthonic benthonic zone

benthons benthophyte benthophytes benthos (current term) benthoses bentier bentiest benting time benting times bentiromide

bentiromide test bento bento box bentonite bentonite flocculation test bentonites bentonitic bentorite

Literary usage of Benthos

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

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"The benthos of Tropical Seat. Sargassum. Poverty in plants belonging to the ... The benthos of Warm Temperati Seas. Differentiation in the Hay of Naples ..."

2. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"... oysters, sponges, zoophytes, etc., remain permanently fixed to or creep over the surface of the bottom, and are grouped together as the benthos. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Animals which are dependent on the bottom and are unable to free themselves from it constitute the benthos (Haeckel); animals which are not dependent on the ..."

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