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(biology) A creature that inhabits the treetops
adj
(biology) Relating to acrodendrophiles
adj
(of a tube etc) That conveys air
adj
(botany) aerial and hygrophilous
adj
Relating to the amburbium.
adj
Relating to an amphiaster.
adj
Relating to a tidal node
adj
(biology) That lives on either side of the equator
adj
(biology) That lives north or south of the equator, but not in the tropics
adj
Of or pertaining to Bassalia; abyssal
adj
Living in the depths of a lake or marsh.
n
(ecology) A swamp habitat dominated by bay laurels.
adj
(of a fish) Regularly found in open waters, but associated with the underside of surface ice cover.
adj
(biology) That lives near the bottom of a body of water.
adj
Alternative form of dendriform [Having a branched structure similar to a tree.]
n
(limnology, of a lake) Having two thermal overturns per year.
n
(soil science) The part of the soil that has been through the digestive tract of earthworms
adj
(of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus
n
(biology) Any animal or plant found in soil.
adj
Assembled by means of endocultivation
adj
Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the water from the surface of the sea down to 200 metres.
n
(botany) The cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae that live on or in association with fine-grained substrata or sand.
n
The community of microscopic species (e.g., diatoms) that attach themselves to grains of sand.
n
(zoology) Any epigean organism that is able to live its entire life in a cave.
n
The narrow zone of soil surrounding the tubers of a plant such as the potato
adj
(zoology) Spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily.
adj
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
adj
Palustrine; Relating to or dwelling in marshy places.
n
(biology) Any aquatic geophyte
adj
(of plants) Growing beneath rocks.
n
The bottom layer of a liquid body, usually used in reference to a reservoir or similar body.
adj
(archaeology) Yielding implements.
adj
Of or pertaining to a lagoon.
adj
Of or pertaining to the deeper, open waters of a lake etc.
adj
Relating to fresh water, typically a lake or swamp; freshwater
adj
(of a spring) That originates in a pond or lake
adj
Loving or having an affinity towards lakes.
n
(ecology) A very large habitat, typically in the deep sea
adj
(of a lake) Having layers of water that do not intermix.
n
any lake whose waters are permanently stratified and do not completely circulate
adj
(biology, of an organism) Adapted to a moist habitat.
n
The layer of a lake between the monimolimnion and mixolimnion.
adj
Synonym of mesopelagic
adj
Describing seawater at a depth such that some light is present, but not enough to sustain photosynthesis.
adj
Relating to a mesic riparian zone.
n
The intermediate layer of a liquid body, used in reference to a reservoir or water body
n
(biology) benthic organisms that are less than .1 mm in size and thus microscopic.
n
The upper stratum of a meromictic lake; its waters are mixed by the wind.
n
The lower, dense stratum of a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers) that does not mix with the waters above.
adj
(limnology, of a lake) Having layers of water that intermix only once per year.
adj
Synonym of nitrophilous
adj
(chiefly taxonomy) Mountain-loving; tending to inhabit mountains.
adj
pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, especially designating a plant's habitat
adj
Alternative form of paludal [pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, especially designating a plant's habitat]
adj
Of, pertaining to, or thriving in marshy habitats.
adj
That inhabits most or all of the seas and oceans.
adj
(archaic) pelagic; of or pertaining to the sea.
n
The mass of water in a lake or ocean not close to the bottom and not near the shore.
n
Any fish that lives (or spawns) in the open sea
adj
(biology) Found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.
adj
Of or pertaining to philauty.
n
The part of the near-surface body of an ocean or lake that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to be possible.
n
(ecology) The interior and exterior of plants regarded as an ecosystem
n
(ecology) The deep-sea environment inhabited by piezophiles
adj
(biology) Describing any marine organism (a pseudoplankton) that lacks buoyancy and so attaches itself to a floating object
adj
(of animals) Spending part of the life cycle underwater. Also, spending a significant proportion of its time in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
adj
(biology, of fish) That prefer to live in pools and similar stagnant water
adj
Relating to a supertide
adj
Relating to stagnant water, typically a marsh, swamp, fen or bog; freshwater
n
Any organism that is able to live its entire life in a cave.
adj
Relating to troglophiles
adj
(biology) Living in an urban environment; city-dwelling.
n
(rare) The portion of the Earth that contains living organisms.
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