meiobenthos

/M IY0 OW0 B AH0 N T OW0 S/

noun

1
(ecology) A group of marine or freshwater benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrobenthos and microbenthos, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.

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