Usually means: Marine animals living on surfaces.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. epifauna: Merriam-Webster
  2. epifauna: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epifauna: Collins English Dictionary
  4. epifauna: Wiktionary
  5. epifauna: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. epifauna: Dictionary.com
  7. Epifauna: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. epifauna: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. epifauna: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Epifauna: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epifauna)

▸ noun:  The benthic fauna, i.e. the collection of sea animals living on the seafloor.

Similar:
benthos, benthophil, benthology, epibenthos, benthic, limnofauna, infauna, ichthyofauna, megabenthos, fishlife, more...

Opposite:
infauna, benthos

Types:
barnacle, crab, lobster, mussel, oyster, scallop, shrimp, snail, more...

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Similar:
benthos, benthophil, benthology, epibenthos, benthic, limnofauna, infauna, ichthyofauna, megabenthos, fishlife, more...

Opposite:
infauna, benthos

Types:
barnacle, crab, lobster, mussel, oyster, scallop, shrimp, snail, more...



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