ochtho-, ochth-
(Greek: any elevation, bank, hill, mound)
An organism that thrives on banks: Slow-living bacteria, or ochthophiles, have been detected on an oceanic crust in the Indian Ocean at the Atlantis Bank.
The feature of life taking place on an ocean bank: When ochthophily was talked about about in Jim's class at school, he became very interested in the different kinds of organisms that thrived on such fishing banks.
ochthophyte
A plant living on banks.
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