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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BIOHERM

From bio- + Greek herma submerged rock.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BIOHERM

bioherm  [ˈbaɪəʊˌhɜːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIOHERM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bioherm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIOHERM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bioherm

Reef knoll

A reef knoll is an immense pile of calcareous material on land that accumulated on the ancient sea floor. At the time of its accumulation it may have had enough structure from organisms such as sponges to have been free-standing and to withstand the sea currents as material accumulated, and was likely an atoll. Another possibility is the remains of deep water coral. Such structures are thus often fossil-rich.

Definition of bioherm in the English dictionary

The definition of bioherm in the dictionary is a mound of material laid down by sedentary marine organisms, esp a coral reef. Other definition of bioherm is the fossilized remains of such a mound.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIOHERM


affirm
əˈfɜːm
berme
bɜːm
bookworm
ˈbʊkˌwɜːm
confirm
kənˈfɜːm
earthworm
ˈɜːθˌwɜːm
firm
fɜːm
full-term
ˌfʊlˈtɜːm
germ
dʒɜːm
herm
hɜːm
infirm
ɪnˈfɜːm
medium-term
ˈmiːdɪəmˌtɜːm
midterm
ˈmɪdˈtɜːm
perm
pɜːm
preterm
ˌpriːˈtɜːm
sperm
spɜːm
squirm
skwɜːm
term
tɜːm
therm
θɜːm
turm
tɜːm
worm
wɜːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIOHERM

biographer
biographic
biographical
biographically
biographies
biographise
biographize
biography
biohazard
biohazardous
bioindustries
bioindustry
bioinformatics
Bioko
biol.
biologic
biological
biological clock
biological control
biological diversity

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIOHERM

ectotherm
endotherm
eurytherm
geotherm
homeotherm
homoeotherm
homoiotherm
isogeotherm
isotherm
poikilotherm
stenotherm

Synonyms and antonyms of bioherm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bioherm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIOHERM

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The translations of bioherm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bioherm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生物礁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bioherm
570 millions of speakers

English

bioherm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bioherm
380 millions of speakers
ar

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bioherm
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

биогерм
278 millions of speakers

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bioherm
270 millions of speakers

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bioherm
260 millions of speakers

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bioherm
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bioherm
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bioherm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bioherm
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bioherm
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bioherm
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bioherm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bioherm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बायोहेर्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Biyoherm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bioherm
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bioherm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

биогерм
40 millions of speakers

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bioherm
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bioherm
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

bioherm
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

bioherm
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

bioherm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bioherm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIOHERM»

The term «bioherm» is used very little and occupies the 180.731 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIOHERM» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIOHERM»

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Encyclopedia of Coastal Science
In the original meaning (Chevalier, 1961) a bioherm was defined as a mound or lens-shaped organic build-up, edified by the skeletons of various organisms and lying unconformably inside a stratigraphic series of different lithology.
M. Schwartz, 2006
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Cobleskill. Small Edgecliff bioherm (East Cobleskill reef of Oliver,, 1956b, p. 19; bioherm 9 in fig. 5). Bioherm facies rests on, and passes west into normal bedded Edgecliff. 154. Sharon Springs quad., eastern area. Roadcuts on Route 20, ...
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
Brachiopods — Continued Ingria cloudi Ulrich and Cooper Syndielasma sp. Liricamera ncvadcnsis Idiostrophia nuda Cooper (collected at Meiklejolm Peak within bioherm and below Orthidiella itself; also at Ibex, Utah) Poramboniteg'! sp.
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Stromatolites
The mode of occurrence can then be categorized according to the definitions listed in the glossary (see also Preiss, 1972b; Walter, 1972a): bioherm (tabular bioherm, domed bioherm, subspherical bioherm, tonguing bioherm); biostrome ...
M.R. Walter, 1976
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Faunas and Stratigraphy of the Snowy Range Formation (Upper ...
The most striking type of limestone is that of the bioherm of calcareous algae ( Collenia magna) that occurs at the base of the member at most localities. It is composed of vertical columns 8—18 inches in diameter, commonly 1—6 feet high; ...
Richard E. Grant, 1965
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Carbonate Mud-Mounds: Their Origin and Evolution (Special ...
(B) Diagram taken from (A) showing the vertical evolution of the ' bioherm sequence. Note the abrupt drowning on top of the mound core. Ml's: maximum flooding surface; ts: Estacas Pass LAS MA) {I oad to Riosewver Esemgga /'. Fig. 10.
C. L. V. Monty, D. W. J. Bosence, P. H. Bridges, 2009
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Interrelationships Between Corals and Fisheries
Excluding the escarpment mud site, the mean density ranged from 96.1 fish per kilometer at Alligator Bioherm no. 4, East Wall (Site 19) to 1406 per kilometer at Key West Bioherm (Site 26). The four MPA sites had 12–23 species per site and ...
Stephen A. Bortone, Ph.D., 2014
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Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations: Climatic and ...
The flanks of the lower bioherm are generally thinly bedded (0.1-0.3 m), limestones with floatstone textures that show primary deposi- tional slopes dipping up to 40°. They thin away from the core, passing laterally, over a distance of 2 m, into ...
J. Javier Álvaro, 2007
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Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America: ...
Some dikelike structures filled with coarse-grained crinoidal packstone and grainstone cut the bioherm layers. The origin of the distinctive mound shape of the bioherm facies is problematic. Hypotheses include growth by unknown organisms, ...
Stanley S. Beus, 1987
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Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks
Figure 9.38 A small stromatolitic bioherm enclosed in thin beds of carbonate mudstone that bend around the bioherm from both above and below. Upper Cambrian Conococeague Limestone, western Maryland. (From Demicco, R. V. and L. A. ...
Sam Boggs, 2009

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIOHERM»

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A look down deep in Howe Sound
We were all keen to see the mysterious and grand sponge bioherm he'd told us about, but meanwhile also ready to jump for every brief shrimp ... «Bowen Island Undercurrent, Jun 15»

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