Psammobiotic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Living exclusively in sandy environments. not-comparable

    "Thus, with the exception of the narrower beaches, and Michigan and Pallette, the psammobiotic rotifers were concentrated at the edge or beyond the area of saturation on the beaches."

Example

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"Thus, with the exception of the narrower beaches, and Michigan and Pallette, the psammobiotic rotifers were concentrated at the edge or beyond the area of saturation on the beaches."

Etymology

From psammo- + -biotic.

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