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oligomictic

oligomictic adjective: that mixes only occasionally.

Adjective

oligomictic (not comparable)

  1. (Of a lake) that mixes only occasionally.

Origin of oligomictic

From oligo- + -mictic.

Questions about oligomictic

What does oligomictic mean?
Oligomictic means that mixes only occasionally.
What part of speech is oligomictic?
Oligomictic is an adjective.

Words near oligomictic in the dictionary

  1. oligomethylenic
  2. oligometric
  3. oligomicroarray
  4. oligomicroarrays
  5. oligomict
  6. oligomictic
  7. oligomineral
  8. oligomorph
  9. oligomorphic
  10. oligomorphs
  11. oligomycin

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