benthic
Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
Related words
- abyssalbenthic
- abyssobenthic
- archibenthic
- benthically
- endobenthic
- epibenthic
- hyperbenthic
- macrobenthic
- megabenthic
- meiobenthic
- merobenthic
- microbenthic
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