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Noun Concept
Categories: Ecology terminology, Marine organisms, Oceanographical terminology
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benthos  benthal organisms  benthic animal  benthic fauna  Benthic organism
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Organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea WordNet 3.0
Definitions
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Organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea WordNet 3.0
Organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream Open English WordNet
Benthos, also known as benthon, is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom of a sea, river, lake, or stream, also known as the benthic zone. Wikipedia
The community of marine organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone Wikipedia Disambiguation
community of organisms which live on, in, or near the bottom of bodies of water Wikidata
Those organisms attached to, living on, in or near the bottom of the sea, river bed or lake floor. OmegaWiki
IS A
organism
aquatic organism
HAS KIND
marine benthos
epipsammon
endopsammon
epixylon
merobenthos
+5 relations
DERIVATION
benthic
HAS QUALITY
sediment
bottom
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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benthos
Wikipedia
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benthos
Wikidata
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benthos
OmegaWiki
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benthos
Wikipedia Redirections
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benthic animal, benthic fauna, Benthic organism, benthic organisms, Benthon, Benthophage, benthophagous, Endobenthic, Endobenthos, epibenthic, epibenthos, Hyperbenthic, Hyperbenthos, zoobenthos
Wikidata Alias
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benthal organisms, benthic organisms, benthic zone organisms, benthonic organisms

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