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adjective 
  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 bowels of his pyrrhic pile.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: benthonisch
  • German: benthonisch
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: From benthos.


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