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monolimnion

monolimnion is the misspelling of monimolimnion.

Meaning of monimolimnion

Noun

monimolimnion (plural monimolimnions or monimolimnia)

  1. The lower, dense stratum of a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers) that does not mix with the waters above.
    • Mermomictic^([sic – meaning meromictic]) lakes may have an extremely high calcium carbonate content in the monimolimnion.1969, Roger Y[ates] Anderson, Douglas W. Kirkland, “Paleoecology of the Rita Blanca Lake Area”, in Roger Y. Anderson, Douglas W. Kirkland, editors, Paleoecology of an Early Pleistocene Lake on the...

Questions about monolimnion

What is monolimnion the misspelling of?
Monolimnion is the misspelling of monimolimnion.

Words near monolimnion in the dictionary

  1. monolignin
  2. monolignins
  3. monolignol
  4. monolignolic
  5. monolignols
  6. monolimnion
  7. monoline
  8. monolinear
  9. monolines
  10. monolingual
  11. monolingualism

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