benthic.

Relating to the bottom of a sea or other body of water, or organisms associated with it.

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Words that belong together

• benthic habitat
• benthic organism

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A benthic organism moved beneath the settling cloud of silt.

The benthic habitat changed where the warm vent reached it.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a seasonal, material, ecological, or geographic relation; comparison requires a measurable or descriptive basis. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.