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Benthos

nounid 15059·updated May 18, 2026
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organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
benthic divisionbenthonic zone
possessive
Benthos's
pluralpossessive
Benthoses'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea
§2
a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea
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