meiofauna

n. 较小型底栖生物, 较小型水底生物

词形变化

meiofaunae meiofaunas 复数 meiofaunas meiofaunae 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group of marine or freshwater, typically benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrofauna and microfauna, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.

    生物

词源

From meio- + fauna. Meio- is from Ancient Greek μεῖον (meîon, “less”).

来源：wiktionary