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psammophobic

psammophobic adjective: synonym of psammoxenic.

Adjective

psammophobic (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of psammoxenic.
    • M . capensis is psammophilic and tolerant of extreme wave action, whereas A. orbitosa is psammophobic (Bolton and Levitt 1992, Bolton and Joska 1993).1995, South African Journal of Marine Science - Volumes 15-16, page 57
    Synonyms:
    psammoxenic

Synonyms of psammophobic

Origin of psammophobic

From psammo- + -phobic.

Questions about psammophobic

What does psammophobic mean?
Psammophobic means synonym of psammoxenic.
What part of speech is psammophobic?
Psammophobic is an adjective.

Words near psammophobic in the dictionary

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

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