¦bīōtər¦bāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary bi- + -turbation (II) (as in English congeliturbation ); originally formed in German
: the restructuring of sedimentary deposits (as in a lake bottom or oceanic benthos) by moving organisms (as worms and burrowing clams)
• bio·tur·ba·ted -d.ə̇d adjective