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Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: bathyal, abyssal, hadal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: benthonic, demersal, bathyal, abyssal, hadal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marine, aquatic, underwater
Any organism that lives on the seafloor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: benthal, benthonic
Antonyms: none provided
From benthos + -ic. By surface analysis, benth- + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
bentický
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Dutch:
benthonisch
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Finnish:
benttinen
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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French:
benthique
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Galician:
bentónico
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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German:
benthonisch
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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German:
benthisch
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Irish:
beantach
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Italian:
bentonico
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Latin:
benthicus
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Polish:
bentoniczny
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Polish:
bentosowy
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Portuguese:
bêntico
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Portuguese:
bentônico
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Russian:
придо́нный
(pridónnyj)
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Russian:
до́нный
(dónnyj)
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Russian:
бе́нтосный
(béntosnyj)
— of the benthos on the seafloor
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Spanish:
bentónico
— of the benthos on the seafloor