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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
benthos /ˈbɛnθɒs/

▶noun Ecology the flora and fauna found on the bottom of a sea or lake.

– derivatives
benthic adjective.

– origin C19: from Gk, ‘depth of the sea’.

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