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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ben·thos /ˈbɛnˌθɑs/
 海底生物,海底的動植物群

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ben·thos n.  The bottom of the sea, esp. of the deep oceans; hence Bot. & Zool., the fauna and flora of the sea bottom; -- opposed to plankton.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 benthos
      n 1: a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral
           zones [syn: benthic division, benthonic zone]
      2: organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the
         bottom of a sea