benthic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From benthos.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'bɛnθɪk/

[edit] Adjective

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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Antonyms

• planktonic

[edit] See also

• oceanic
• pelagic
• planktonic