Encruster
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any organism that encrusts part of its environment.
"Some rock encrusters can occupy large areas and impart new morphological, biological, and geological characteristics upon the environment they settled. Probably the most widespread encrusters along karst coastlines are coralline red algae […]"
Example
More examples"Some rock encrusters can occupy large areas and impart new morphological, biological, and geological characteristics upon the environment they settled. Probably the most widespread encrusters along karst coastlines are coralline red algae […]"
Etymology
From encrust + -er.
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