词根词缀：bentho-, benth-

【来源及含义】Greek: deep, depth; the fauna and flora of the bottom of the sea; sea bottom; depth [by extension, this element includes lake, river, and stream bottoms]

【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: ;abysso- (bottomless),Atlantic,batho-, bathy- (depth),halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); ;mare, mari- (sea); ;necto-, nekto- (swimming); ;oceano-; ;pelago- (sea, ocean); ;plankto- (drifting); ;thalasso- (sea, ocean).

【同源单词】abyssal-benthic, abyssobenthic, archibenthal zone, archibenthic, archibenthos, benthal