lotic
lotic adjective: characterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.
Adjective
lotic (comparative more lotic, superlative most lotic)
- Characterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.
- This particular area is subject to the transition from a more lotic environment to the lentic environment existing in the pool area.1981, M. G. Tesmer, D. R. Wefring, “Annual Macroinvertebrate Sampling - A Low-cost Tool for Ecological Assessment of Effluent Impact”, in J. M. Bates, C. I. Weber, editors, Ecological Assessments of...
- Turning now to more lotic environments, Norelius (1967) and Bronmark and Malmqvist (1982) have studied populations of Anodonta anita and Unio pictorum inhabiting Swedish lake outlets.2000, Robert T. Dillon, The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs, page 26
- Living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water.
- The stream-dwelling species are among the most lotic of anisopterous dragonflies.1975, J. G. Needham, A Manual of the Dragonflies of North America, page 94
- Waugoshance point is an ideal consolidated substrate, wave zone habitat, and this was evidenced by the more lotic benthic fauna found there.1986, Ronald Rossmann, editor, Impact of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, page 244
lotic meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
lotic in Tamil
- ஓடுநீர்
lotic in Malayalam
- സരിത്
Examples of lotic in a sentence
- Among the main tributaries of the French Rhône River (Arve, Guiers, Ain, Saône, Isère, Eyrieux, Drôme, Ardeche, Durance, Gard), Berahou (1993) considered the lower Ain as one of the most lotic.2009, Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson, Rivers of Europe, unnumbered page:
- Very few lotic insects are strong swimmers, probably because of the energy expenditure required to swim against a current.2006, Timothy D. Schowalter, Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, page 43:
Forms of lotic
| comparative | more lotic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lotic |
Origin of lotic
From Latin lotus, past participle of lavare (“to wash”), + -ic.
Words that rhyme with lotic
Questions about lotic
- What does lotic mean?
- Lotic means characterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.
- What is lotic in Tamil?
- Lotic in Tamil is ஓடுநீர். See Lotic meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use lotic in a sentence?
- Among the main tributaries of the French Rhône River (Arve, Guiers, Ain, Saône, Isère, Eyrieux, Drôme, Ardeche, Durance, Gard), Berahou (1993) considered the lower Ain as one of the most lotic.
- What part of speech is lotic?
- Lotic is an adjective.
Words near lotic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lotic (page history and authors); lotic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lotic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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