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pelophilous

pelophilous adjective: found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.

Adjective

pelophilous (comparative more pelophilous, superlative most pelophilous)

  1. Found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.
    • The hallophitic communities are divided into those that are psammaphilous, pelophilous, and helophilous, according as the substratum consists respectively of sand, of mud, or of swamp.1913, Gerald O. Case, The Use of Vegetation for Reclaiming Tidal Lands, page ii
    • Pelophilous species burrow in sandy loam and clay soils, and display ecomorphological adaptations to assist with loosening these compacted substrata.2007, Bernhard A. Huber, Bradley J. Sinclair, Karl-Heinz Lampe, African Biodiversity, page 43

Forms of pelophilous

comparativemore pelophilous
superlativemost pelophilous

Questions about pelophilous

What does pelophilous mean?
Pelophilous means found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.
What part of speech is pelophilous?
Pelophilous is an adjective.

Words near pelophilous in the dictionary

  1. pelomedusoid
  2. pelomedusoids
  3. pelomyxid
  4. pelomyxids
  5. peloothered
  6. pelophilous
  7. Pelopid
  8. Pelopids
  9. pelopium
  10. Peloponnese
  11. Peloponnesian

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