benthos

Questions about benthos

What does benthos mean?

benthos means "a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in benthos?

benthos has 2 syllables and divides as ben-thos under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for benthos?

Close synonyms include benthic division, benthonic zone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is benthos a common word?

benthos is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.