Usually means: Organisms living on ocean floor.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. benthos: Merriam-Webster
  2. benthos: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. benthos: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. benthos: Collins English Dictionary
  5. benthos: Vocabulary.com
  6. benthos: Wordnik
  7. benthos: Wiktionary
  8. benthos: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. benthos: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. benthos: Dictionary.com
  11. Benthos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. benthos: Rhymezone
  13. benthos: FreeDictionary.org
  14. benthos: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. benthos: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. benthos: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benthos: Encyclopedia

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

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benthos: A Word A Day

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benthos: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (benthos)

noun:  The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.

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    seaweed green,     coral pink,     ocean blue,     algae green,     muddy brown, more...

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