Usually means: Relating to the ocean floor.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. benthic: Merriam-Webster
  2. benthic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. benthic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. benthic: Vocabulary.com
  5. Benthic, benthic: Wordnik
  6. benthic: Wiktionary
  7. benthic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. benthic: Dictionary.com
  9. Benthic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. benthic: Rhymezone
  11. benthic: FreeDictionary.org
  12. benthic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. benthic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. benthic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benthic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benthic: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benthic: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Benthic: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms
  3. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  4. benthic: Natural History Terms

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (benthic)

adjective:  Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
noun:  Any organism that lives on the seafloor.

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