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bioerosion

noun

Etymology

From bio- + erosion.

  1. derived from ērōsiō
  2. borrowed from erosion
  3. prefixed as bioerosion — “bio + erosion”

Definitions

  1. The erosion of undersea rock or coral reefs by mollusks and other organisms.

  2. By extension, the erosion of landforms by biological action, terrestrial or marine.

The neighborhood

Derived

macrobioerosion, microbioerosion

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bioerosion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA