Encruster

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 […]"

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"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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