词根词缀：abysso-, abyss-, abys-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: Greek [abussoz], a-, "no" plus bussos, "bottom" through Latin [abyssus], "no bottom, bottomless"

【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: Atlantic; batho-, bathy- (depth); bentho- (deep, 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】abysm, abysmal, abysmally, abyss, abyssal, abyssal plains

词根词缀：batho-, bathy-

【来源及含义】Greek: deep, depth

【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; bentho- (deep, 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】bathesthesia, bathochromy, batholite, batholith, bathometer, bathomorphic

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：halio-, hali-, halo-, hal-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: salt or "the sea"

【相关描述】Don't confuse this halio-, halo-, hal- unit with another hal- unit which means "breathe, breath".

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

【同源单词】euhaline, euryhaline, halibios, halic, halicole, halicolous

词根词缀：mare, mari-, mar-

【来源及含义】Latin: sea; ocean

【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); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); necto-, nekto- (swimming); oceano-; pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting); thalasso- (sea, ocean).

【同源单词】A mari usque ad mare, aquamarine, fluviomarine, geological oceanography, juxtamarine, mar

词根词缀：meand-

【来源及含义】Greek: winding; from a winding river; by extension, curving, walking around slowly, drifting, wandering, roaming, going around aimlessly

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "river, stream": amni-; fluvio-; oceano-; potamo-; ripari-. Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.

【同源单词】meander, meander, meander line, meandered, meanderer, meandering

词根词缀：necto-, nect-, nekto-, nek-

【来源及含义】Greek: swimming

【相关词根词缀】Word families with similar applications about: "swim, swimming": nata-; neusto; pleo-. Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: abysso- (bottomless); Atlantic; batho-, bathy- (depth); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); oceano-; pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting); thalasso- (sea, ocean).

【同源单词】epinekton, holonekton, limnonekto, meronekon, nectism, nectobenthos

词根词缀：oceano-, ocean-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: "the great river encompassing the whole earth"; hence, the "great Outward Sea" [as opposed to the "Inward" or Mediterranean]; the ocean

【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); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting); thalasso- (sea, ocean). Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "river, stream": amni-; fluvio-; meand-; potamo-; ripari-.

【同源单词】Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, bio-oceanography, Indian Ocean, ocean, ocean energy

词根词缀：pelago-, pelag-

【来源及含义】Greek [pelagos] > Latin [pelagicus]: sea, pertaining to the sea or ocean

【相关描述】Sea depths are estimates and the number of feet versus meters is calculated at 3.28 feet per meter.

【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); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); oceano-; plankto- (drifting); thalasso- (sea, ocean).

【同源单词】abyssopelagic, allopelagic, Archipel Indo-Australien, archipelago, autopelagic, bathypelagic

词根词缀：plankto-, plankt-, -plankton

【来源及含义】Greek: passively drifting, wandering, or roaming

【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); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); oceano-; pelago- (sea, ocean); thalasso- (sea, ocean).

【同源单词】acroplankton, aeroplankton, anemoplankton, anthoplankton, astroplankton, bathyplankton