Benthic Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Benthic has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions

Noun

Any organism that lives on the seafloor

Adjective

of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water

benthic benthal benthonic

Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.

See Also

seafloor benthically benthos hyperbenthos benthivore macrozoobenthos receptaculitid holdfast

Related Terms

seafloor benthically benthos hyperbenthos benthivore macrozoobenthos receptaculitid holdfast endobenthos kick sampling bottlenose skate epibenthos tychopelagic zoobenthivorous nektonic toadfish semipelagic rhodolith microbenthos spotted eagle ray

Rhyming Words

hic chic ethic gathic unchic bechic lithic sophic pathic gothic orphic sothic mythic pyrrhic gnathic buddhic myrrhic kleshic nymphic psychic

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