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haptobenthos (s) (noun) (no pl)
An aquatic organism that lives closely applied to, or growing on, submerged surfaces: The tiny plants Joan found attached to some solid layers of rock in the lake were termed haptobenthos, which she read about later in her biology book.
This entry is located in the following units: bentho-, benth- (page 2) hapt-, hapto-, -hapte + (page 1)