Lacustrine

Lacustrine

Lacustrine means "of a lake" or "relating to a lake".

Specifically, it may refer to:
*Lacustrine plain
*Lacustrine delta

ee also

*Limnic, of or relating to freshwater
*Palustrine, of or relating to a marsh
*Riverine, of or relating to a river


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  • lacustrine — *aquatic, fluvial, fluviatile, marine, oceanic, thalassic, neritic, pelagic, abyssal …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • lacustrine — [lə kus′trin] adj. [< Fr lacustre < L lacus, LAKE1] 1. of or having to do with a lake or lakes 2. found or formed in lakes …   English World dictionary

  • Lacustrine — Lacustral La*cus tral, Lacustrine La*cus trine, a. [L. lacus lake: cf. F. lacustral, lacustre.] Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers. [1913 Webster] {Lacustrine deposits} (Geol.), the deposits… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lacustrine — adjective Etymology: French or Italian lacustre, from Latin lacus lake Date: 1830 of, relating to, formed in, living in, or growing in lakes < lacustrine deposits > < lacustrine faunas > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lacustrine — adjective Of or relating to lakes. , 1919: These deposits of sand have always been formed by the disintegration of a siliceous rock, and the fragments so formed have been sifted and transported by the agency of water, being finally deposited by a …   Wiktionary

  • lacustrine — la•cus•trine [[t]ləˈkʌs trɪn[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, living in, or growing in lakes 2) gel formed at the bottom or along the shore of lakes: lacustrine geological deposits[/ex] • Etymology: 1820–30; < It lacustr(e) of lakes (formed… …   From formal English to slang

  • Lacustrine Vole — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] …   Wikipedia

  • Lacustrine deposits — Lacustral La*cus tral, Lacustrine La*cus trine, a. [L. lacus lake: cf. F. lacustral, lacustre.] Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers. [1913 Webster] {Lacustrine deposits} (Geol.), the deposits… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lacustrine dwellings — Lacustral La*cus tral, Lacustrine La*cus trine, a. [L. lacus lake: cf. F. lacustral, lacustre.] Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers. [1913 Webster] {Lacustrine deposits} (Geol.), the deposits… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lacustrine plain — A Lacustrine plain is a plain that originally formed in a lacustrine environment, that is, as the bed of a lake, but from which the water has disappeared, by natural drainage, evaporation or other geophysical processes. The soil of the plain left …   Wikipedia

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