词根词缀：bentho-, benth-

【来源及含义】Greek: deep, depth; the fauna and flora of the bottom of the sea; sea bottom; depth [by extension, this element includes lake, river, and stream bottoms]

【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: abysso- (bottomless); Atlantic; batho-, bathy- (depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); oceano-; pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting); thalasso- (sea, ocean).

【同源单词】abyssal-benthic, abyssobenthic, archibenthal zone, archibenthic, archibenthos, benthal

词根词缀：potamo-, potam-

【来源及含义】Greek: river, stream

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "river, stream": amni-; fluvio-; meand-; oceano-; ripari-.

【同源单词】autopotamous, benthopotamous, eupotamic, hippopotamic, hippopotamoid, hippopotamus