BOTTOM-DWELLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottom-dwelling mean? 

• BOTTOM-DWELLING (adjective)
  The adjective BOTTOM-DWELLING has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to fish and marine life that dwell on the bottom of a body of water

  Familiarity information: BOTTOM-DWELLING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTTOM-DWELLING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to fish and marine life that dwell on the bottom of a body of water

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bottom-dweller (a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water)