Bottom-dweller

/bˈɒtəmdwˈɛlə/

/bˈɑːɾəmdwˈɛlɚ/

[noun]

Bottom-dweller

[NOUN]

a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water

synonyms : bottom-feeder

Examples

1. But a number of bottom-dwellers do it.

2. They’re also an important indicator of the health of other bottom-dweller populations, such as Atlantic cod.

3. Catfish are bottom-dwellers that typically live in dark, murky places.

4. AquAdvantage, as the GMO salmon is called, contains a splice of genes, including the Pacific chinook salmon and a bottom-dweller fish known as an eelpout, or ocean pout.

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