noun
Meaning 1
The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
benthos
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbɛnθɒs/
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noun
Meaning 2
organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organism, being
noun
Meaning 3
a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: benthic division, benthonic zone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biogeographical region
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos, “the depths”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 底棲生物 /底栖生物 — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Esperanto: bento — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Esperanto: bentoso — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Finnish: pohjaeliöstö — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Finnish: bentos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- French: benthos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Galician: bentos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Georgian: ბენთოსი (bentosi) — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- German: Benthos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Greek: βένθος (vénthos) — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Hungarian: bentosz — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Indonesian: bentos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Irish: beantós — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Italian: bentos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Japanese: 底生生物 — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Japanese: 底棲生物 — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Japanese: ベントス — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Korean: 저서생물 (jeoseosaengmul) — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Polish: bentos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Russian: бе́нтос (béntos) — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Serbo-Croatian: bèntos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Serbo-Croatian: бѐнтос — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water
- Spanish: bentos — flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water