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adjective
Etymology: French or Italian lacustre, from Latin lacus lake
Date: 1830
of, relating to, formed in, living in, or growing in lakes <lacustrine deposits> <lacustrine faunas>
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Lacustrine — means of a lake or relating to a lake .Specifically, it may refer to: *Lacustrine plain *Lacustrine deltaee also*Limnic, of or relating to freshwater *Palustrine, of or relating to a marsh *Riverine, of or relating to a river … Wikipedia
lacustrine — *aquatic, fluvial, fluviatile, marine, oceanic, thalassic, neritic, pelagic, abyssal … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lacustrine — [lə kus′trin] adj. [< Fr lacustre < L lacus, LAKE1] 1. of or having to do with a lake or lakes 2. found or formed in lakes … English World dictionary
Lacustrine — Lacustral La*cus tral, Lacustrine La*cus trine, a. [L. lacus lake: cf. F. lacustral, lacustre.] Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers. [1913 Webster] {Lacustrine deposits} (Geol.), the deposits… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lacustrine — adjective Of or relating to lakes. , 1919: These deposits of sand have always been formed by the disintegration of a siliceous rock, and the fragments so formed have been sifted and transported by the agency of water, being finally deposited by a … Wiktionary
lacustrine — la•cus•trine [[t]ləˈkʌs trɪn[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, living in, or growing in lakes 2) gel formed at the bottom or along the shore of lakes: lacustrine geological deposits[/ex] • Etymology: 1820–30; < It lacustr(e) of lakes (formed… … From formal English to slang
Lacustrine Vole — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] … Wikipedia
Lacustrine deposits — Lacustral La*cus tral, Lacustrine La*cus trine, a. [L. lacus lake: cf. F. lacustral, lacustre.] Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers. [1913 Webster] {Lacustrine deposits} (Geol.), the deposits… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lacustrine dwellings — Lacustral La*cus tral, Lacustrine La*cus trine, a. [L. lacus lake: cf. F. lacustral, lacustre.] Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers. [1913 Webster] {Lacustrine deposits} (Geol.), the deposits… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lacustrine plain — A Lacustrine plain is a plain that originally formed in a lacustrine environment, that is, as the bed of a lake, but from which the water has disappeared, by natural drainage, evaporation or other geophysical processes. The soil of the plain left … Wikipedia
