"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," which is of unknown origin. Adjective benthic is attested from 1902.
雙語例句
1. Do beautiful benthos, you all shout reach first name?
漂亮的海底生物, 你都叫得出名字 嗎 ?
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2. The inspiration comes from the interesting shapes of benthos and weird flowers in the rain forest.