底生動物

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
底棲動物 (less common)

Etymology

From 底生(ていせい) (teisei) + 動物(どうぶつ) (dōbutsu). 生 is a daiyōji replacing 棲.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [te̞ːse̞ː do̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

底(てい)生(せい)動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (teisei dōbutsu) ^{←ていせいどうぶつ (teisei doubutu)^?}

(marine biology) zoobenthos

Hypernyms

底生生物(ていせいせいぶつ) (teisei seibutsu, “benthos”)

Coordinate terms

底生植物(ていせいしょくぶつ) (teisei shokubutsu, “phytobenthos”)

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