底生生物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
底	生	生	物
てい Grade: 4	せい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
底棲生物 (less common)

Etymology

From 底生(ていせい) (teisei) + 生物(せいぶつ) (seibutsu). 生 is a daiyōji replacing 棲.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てーせーせーぶつ [tèéséé séꜜèbùtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [te̞ːse̞ː se̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

底(てい)生(せい)生(せい)物(ぶつ) • (teisei seibutsu) ^{←ていせいせいぶつ (teisei seibutu)^?}

(marine biology) benthos

Synonyms

ベントス (bentosu)

Hyponyms

底生動物(ていせいどうぶつ) (teisei dōbutsu, “zoobenthos”)
底生植物(ていせいしょくぶつ) (teisei shokubutsu, “phytobenthos”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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