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单词 meiofauna
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meiofauna

/ˈmʌɪəʊˌfɔːnə /
noun [mass noun] Ecology
Minute interstitial animals living in soil and aquatic sediments.The meiofauna, as the tiny invertebrate animals are called, are equipped with all sorts of odd appendages and body shapes that are well adapted to this unique environment....
  • The Kinorhyncha are microscopic, bilaterally symmetrical, exclusively free-living, benthic, marine animals and ecologically part of the meiofauna.
  • The scientists found on the ocean floor miniscule meiofauna, single-celled creatures less than half a millimeter long, the most successful and numerous animal in the southern sea.

Origin

1960s: from Greek meiōn 'less or smaller' + fauna.

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