This week’s theme
Miscellaneous words

This week’s words
defeasible
usurious
benthos
gerent
hyperborean

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PRONUNCIATION:

(BEN-thos)

MEANING:

noun: Organisms that live at the bottom of a body of water.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek benthos (depth of the sea). Earliest documented use: 1891.

USAGE:

“At the meeting Tuesday, officials will describe the work they’ve done to document improvements in ... degradation of organisms in the benthos.”
Steve Orr; Taste the Difference?; Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (New York); Nov 15, 2015.

See more usage examples of benthos in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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