BENTHOS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea
   Hypernyms(s) benthos is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organism (what does organism mean?)
   • being (what does being mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
   Synonym(s)
   • benthic division (what does benthic division mean?)
   • benthonic zone (what does benthonic zone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) benthos is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • biogeographical region (what does biogeographical region mean?)