Psammophobic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of psammoxenic. not-comparable

    "M . capensis is psammophilic and tolerant of extreme wave action, whereas A. orbitosa is psammophobic (Bolton and Levitt 1992, Bolton and Joska 1993)."

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psammoxenic

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"M . capensis is psammophilic and tolerant of extreme wave action, whereas A. orbitosa is psammophobic (Bolton and Levitt 1992, Bolton and Joska 1993)."

Etymology

From psammo- + -phobic.

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