Benthos

Definition: Benthos

Benthos

Noun

1. A region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones.

Etymology: Benthos \Ben"thos\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression depth of the sea.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Benthos

Domain	Definitions
Biology & Biotechnology	Benthos: organisms living on the sea floor, or sea bottom -bottom dwelling organisms - either on or attached to the sediment. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	All plants and animals living on the ocean bottom. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Benthos

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In marine geology and marine biology, Benthos are the organisms and habitats of the sea floor, in freshwater biology the organisms and habitats of the lakes, rivers and creeks.

From the size of organisms there are distinguished

macrobenthos, size > 1 mm
meiobenthos, size > 0.063 mm
microbenthos, size <0.063 mm

Benthic organisms play a great role as food for fish and men, but also as destruents.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Benthos."

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Synonyms: Benthos

Synonyms: benthic division (n), benthonic zone (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Benthos

Non-English Usage: "Benthos" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (benthos).

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Commercial Usage: Benthos

Domain	Title
References	Benthos, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Benthos (reference) BENTHOS, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) Manual of Methods in Aquatic Environment Research: Part 11: Biological Assessment of Marine Pollution-With Particular Reference to Benthos (Fao Fis) (reference) Methods for Study of Marine Benthos (reference) Paleogene Shallow Benthos of the Tethys (Dela-Opera Sazu 4.Razr) (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Benthos

"Benthos" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Benthos" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	100%	4	175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Benthos

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
benthos	26
benthos inc	3
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Modern Translations: Benthos

Language		Translations for "benthos"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏قاع البحر (seabed). (various references)

Danish		benthos : organismer, der lever paa havbunden, og som ofte er fastvokset til denne. (various references)

Dutch		Benthos. (various references)

French		benthos. (various references)

German		Benthos. (various references)

Greek		βένθος. (various references)

Hungarian		bentosz, tengerfenéki flóra és fauna. (various references)

Italian		bentos. (various references)

Pig Latin		enthosbay

Portuguese		bentos:organismos que vivem no fundo oceânico ou agarrados aos sedimentos. (various references)

Spanish		bentos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Benthos

Derivations
	Words beginning with "benthos": benthoses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Benthos" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: beethov, Benetos, Benshoof, Bentcho, benth, bentho, bentos, Bentota, Berthois, Bethoc, Bethoe, binchois. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Benthos"

Words rhyming with "benthos" (pronounced 'Ben"thos'): Bathos, Ethos. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Benthos

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-h-n-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: betons, ethnos, honest.
	-2 letters: bents, besot, beths, beton, bones, ebons, ethos, hents, hones, hosen, notes, onset, seton, shent, shone, shote, steno, stone, thens, those, tones.
	-3 letters: bens, bent, best, beth, bets, bone, bosh, both, bots, ebon, eons, eths, hens, hent, hest, hets, hobs, hoes, hone, hons, hose, host, hots, nebs, nest, nets, nobs.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-h-n-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: bethorns.
	+2 letters: benthoses, buhrstone.
	+3 letters: aitchbones, beshouting, besoothing, birthstone, buhrstones, thighbones.
	+4 letters: abolishment, beachfronts, besmoothing, bimonthlies, birthstones, buttonholes, exhibitions, hebetations, hibernators, stenobathic, thornbushes.
	+5 letters: abolishments, biosyntheses, biosynthesis, biosynthetic, botherations, bronchitises, buttonbushes, buttonholers, debouchments, doublethinks, hebetudinous, hibernations, inhospitable, technophobes, theobromines, thromboxanes, thunderbolts, untouchables.
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