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psammoxenic

psammoxenic adjective: unable to survive in sandy environments.

Adjective

psammoxenic (not comparable)

  1. Unable to survive in sandy environments.
    • This system of classification has merit, since it is desirable to be able to indicate variation in tolerance to conditions of the psammon; but, since Varga (1938) classed as psammoxenic certain species that were placed in the psammobiotic group by Wiszniewski, there appears to be some question of...1948, Joe Kendall Neel, A Limnological Investigation of the Psammon in Douglas Lake
    • It is remarkable that all testate amoebas belonging to the psammoxenic category are reported by Decloitre along the French coast of the department of Var.1990, Stygologia - Volumes 5-6, page 50

Origin of psammoxenic

From psammo- + xeno- + -ic.

Questions about psammoxenic

What does psammoxenic mean?
Psammoxenic means unable to survive in sandy environments.
What part of speech is psammoxenic?
Psammoxenic is an adjective.

Words near psammoxenic in the dictionary

  1. psammoseres
  2. psammosteid
  3. psammosteids
  4. psammotherapy
  5. psammous
  6. psammoxenic
  7. PSAP
  8. PSAPs
  9. Psara
  10. Psarian
  11. Psarians

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