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Benthos definition, the biogeographic region that includes the bottom of a lake, sea, or ocean, and the littoral and supralittoral zones of the shore. See more. Dictionary.com
Word Origin and History for benthos Expand n. life forms of the deep ocean and sea floor, 1891, coined by Haeckel from Greek benthos depth of the sea, related to bathos depth, bathys deep, of unknown origin.