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benthos (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," which is of unknown origin. Adjective
benthic
is attested from 1902.
