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Definition of: benthos
(ben′thos) noun Ecol.
The whole assemblage of plants or animals living on the sea bottom: distinguished from plankton. [<Gk., the deep, depth of the sea]
—ben·thic (ben′thik), ben·thon·ic (ben·thon′ik) adjective
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