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hygropetric

hygropetric adjective: requiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.

Adjective

hygropetric (not comparable)

  1. Requiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.
    • In Europe, Dicranomyia trinotata (Meig.) is a characteristic member of the hygropetric association, the insects living on rocks in streams, where they are covered with a thin sheet of water and are usually associated with such insect forms as Beraea, Tinodes, Stactobia (Trichoptera), Orphnephila...1919, Charles Paul Alexander, The Crane-flies of New York

Origin of hygropetric

From hygro- + -petric from Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “stone”).

Questions about hygropetric

What does hygropetric mean?
Hygropetric means requiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.
What part of speech is hygropetric?
Hygropetric is an adjective.

Words near hygropetric in the dictionary

  1. hygrometry
  2. hygromiid
  3. hygromiids
  4. hygromycin
  5. hygromycine
  6. hygropetric
  7. hygrophanous
  8. hygrophil
  9. hygrophilous
  10. hygrophils
  11. hygrophobia

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