infauna
infauna · infaunas · infauna
Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but…Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments.
Meaning
1 sensesAny aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments.
Burrowing bivalves are infauna that filter-feed from within seafloor sediments.
Forms
plural: infaunas / infauna / infaunaeWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular