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psammophilic

psammophilic adjective: thriving in sandy environments but also found in other environments.

Adjective

psammophilic (comparative more psammophilic, superlative most psammophilic)

  1. Thriving in sandy environments but also found in other environments.
    • A total of 47 interstitial testate amoebas have been recorded in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Of these, 32 are psammobiotic, 11 are psammophilic, and 4 are psammoxenic.2007, Victor Fet, Alexi Popov, Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria, →ISBN, page 558
    • Krogerus had already recognized that the influence of sand on psammophilic species is partly direct and partly indirect.2012, H.U. Thiele, Carabid Beetles in Their Environments, →ISBN

Forms of psammophilic

comparativemore psammophilic
superlativemost psammophilic

Origin of psammophilic

From psammo- + -philic.

Questions about psammophilic

What does psammophilic mean?
Psammophilic means thriving in sandy environments but also found in other environments.
What part of speech is psammophilic?
Psammophilic is an adjective.

Words near psammophilic in the dictionary

  1. psammon
  2. psammonic
  3. psammopelitic
  4. psammophile
  5. psammophiles
  6. psammophilic
  7. psammophilous
  8. psammophobic
  9. psammophore
  10. psammophores
  11. psammophyte

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