Meanings
nounbioturbation (countable and uncountable, plural bioturbations)
plural bioturbations
- countableuncountablegeographyThe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms.
If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface.
2012, Wilfried Michaelis, Estuarine Water Quality Management: Monitoring, Modelling and Research, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 168
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Latinturbō
- Latinturbātiō
- Englishbioturbation
From bio- + Latin turbātiō (“disturbance; confusion”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan bioturbació
- bioturbacióthe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
Czech bioturbace
- bioturbacethe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
Dutch bioturbatie
- bioturbatiethe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
Finnish bioturbaatio
- bioturbaatiothe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
Irish bithchumhscú
- bithchumhscúthe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
Italian bioturbazione
- bioturbazionethe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
Slovak bioturbácia
- bioturbáciathe mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
Cite this entry
APA
bioturbation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioturbation
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“bioturbation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioturbation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bioturbation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioturbation.
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