bottom-dwelling
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˈbɑːtəmˌdwɛlɪŋ/
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bentónico
- Some bottom-dwelling creatures have adapted to low-light conditions in deep waters.
- bottom-dwelling organisms
- bottom-dwelling fish
Examples
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Fish of both the midwater and bottom-dwelling groups may be caught simultaneously by anglers on a boat.
Academic text (1995) -
Marine gobies are typically bottom-dwelling fish that live in shallow water.
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Marine gobies are typically bottom-dwelling fish that live in shallow water.
Academic text (2004) -
But bottom-dwelling fish and crustaceans can't escape.
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Other animals that can't leave the scene, such as bottom-dwelling starfish, suffocate.
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Deep-water bottom-dwelling communities of the Indo-Pacific are not well known, owing to their relative inaccessibility.
Academic text (1992) -
Bottom-dwelling gopher and black-and-yellow rockfish reached their highest contributions to the catch when mid-water blue.
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Away from the pens toward open waters, researchers see a gradient in the distribution and type of bottom-dwelling organisms that vary according to the depth and velocity of natural currents.
Academic text (2000) -
From this observation and other studies, Findlay and Watling came up with a model to predict the impact of nutrient input from salmon net pens based on the balance between oxygen supply and demand for bottom-dwelling animals.
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Comparatively fat bottom-dwelling fish collected close to the contaminant source have the highest PCDD/PCDF levels, while leaner non-stationary fish have lower concentrations. Id. at 3-18.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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9.6
Relating to the bottom of a sea, lake, or other body of water
Living near the bottom of seas and lakes
Living on the bottom of seas and lakes or just above it
On the bottom of a sea or lake
On the bottom of a sea or lake
How Fossorial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bottom-dwelling joins bottom and dwell, where bottom means 'the lowest part' and dwell means 'to live'. So, a bottom-dwelling fish is one that 'lives' on or near the bottom of the water.