bioturbate

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verb

To rework and mix soils or other sediments.

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Meanings

verbbioturbate (third-person singular simple present bioturbates, present participle bioturbating, simple past and past participle bioturbated)

present singular third person bioturbates · participle present bioturbating · participle past bioturbated · past bioturbated

  1. biologyTo rework and mix soils or other sediments.

    Basin and regional scale capture of labile substrates into bioturbated deposits can be generally demonstrated, for example, along the highly productive Cape Hatteras continental margin.

    2019 June 25, Robert C. Aller, J. Kirk Cochran, “The Critical Role of Bioturbation for Particle Dynamics, Priming Potential, and Organic C Remineralization in Marine Sediments: Local and Basin Scales”, in Frontiers in Earth Science, →DOI

Origin

From bio- + turbate.

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APA

bioturbate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioturbate

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Chicago

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