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English

Etymology

From benthos +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?n??k/

Adjective

benthic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
   • 1878, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 3:

     The benthic environment, except for intertidal areas, has been scarcely explored...

   • 1974, R. H. Parker, The Study of Benthic Communities, American Elsevier Publishing Company, New York, p. 191:

     As the classical approach to benthic community studies originated primarily with Danish biologists, a section is devoted to comparisons of Danish bottom communities with those obtained in Hadley Harbor.

   • 1994, Hans M. Bolli, Jean-Pierre Beckmann, and John B. Saunders, Benthic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the South Caribbean Region, Cambridge University Press, p. 1:

     Benthic foraminifera have been used for stratigraphic purposes almost since they began to be studied systematically.

Antonyms

• planktonic

Derived terms

• cryptobenthic
• holobenthic
• subbenthic

Translations

Noun

benthic (plural benthics)

1. Any organism that lives on the seafloor

See also

• oceanic
• pelagic
• planktonic

Anagrams

• bitchen

English

Etymology

From frog +? fish.

Noun

frogfish (plural frogfishes or frogfish)

1. Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
2. Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.
   • 2016 October 22, Frogfish turns ghostly white to match a bleached coral, New Scientist, Issue 3096, page 15,

     Warty frogfish are sedentary seafloor dwellers that can change colour over a few weeks. […] Since the warm waters off the Maldives abound in vibrantly coloured corals, the frogfish there typically sport matching orange or pinkish hues, says Gabriel Grimsditch of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Maldives in Malé.

3. (archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius.

Synonyms

• (fish of family Antennariidae): antennariid
• (fish of family Batrachoididae): batrachoidid, toadfish

See also

• toadfish

Further reading

• frogfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• frogfish at OneLook Dictionary Search