First Known Use: 1891
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benthos
noun ben·thos \ˈben-ˌthäs\
Definition of BENTHOS
: organisms that live on or in the bottom of a body of water
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Origin of BENTHOS
New Latin, from Greek, depth, deep sea; akin to Greek bathys deep
Rhymes with BENTHOS
bathos, bugloss, chaos, Chios, cosmos, Delos, demos, Ellás, emboss, en masse, Eos, epos, Eros, ethos, Hyksos, kaross, kudos, kvass, Lagos, Laos, Laplace, Lemnos, Lesbos, Logos, Madras, Melos, mythos, Naxos, Nepos, nol-pros, nonpros, pathos, peplos, Pharos, pit boss, pothos, ringtoss, Samos, Skyros, straw boss, telos, topos, tripos
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