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lacustrine

[ luh-kuhs-trin ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a lake.
  2. living or growing in lakes, as various organisms.
  3. formed at the bottom or along the shore of lakes, as geological strata.


lacustrine

/ əˈʌٰɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to lakes
  2. living or growing in or on the shores of a lake
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lacustrine

/ ə-ŭٰĭ /

  1. Relating to lakes.
  2. Relating to a system of inland wetlands and deep-water habitats associated with freshwater lakes and reservoirs, characterized by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation.
  3. Compare marine
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Other 51Թs From

  • t··ܲtԱ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lacustrine1

First recorded in 1820–30; from French or Italian lacustr(e) “of lakes” + -ine 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lacustrine1

C19: from Italian lacustre, from Latin lacus lake
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Example Sentences

Autopista Urbana Oriente is just an example of a highway project that will have a huge negative impact in the lacustrine zone that today still coexists with the city.

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By hiking and boating and camping in that valley I got see glacial features like glacial erratics and lacustrine clay from pro-glacial lakes.

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Whether these are marine, lacustrine, or estuarine deposits, there is hardly sufficient evidence to show.

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The country through which it passes is for the most part a wilderness of barren rock, full of lakes and lacustrine rivers, many of which are its tributaries.

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These lacustrine deposits are well exposed in the road cuts near the northwest corner of the flat, and in washes at some other points.

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