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lacustrine: lakes
Of or pertaining to a lake or lakes.

A reference, especially, to plants and animals inhabiting lakes, and the geology of strata, etc.; which originated by deposition at the bottom of lakes; also with reference to lake-dwellings; such as those of prehistoric Europe.

This entry is located in the following unit: -ine (page 10)
Word Entries containing the term: “lakes”
allotrophic lake (s) (noun), allotrophic lakes (pl)
A lake receiving organic materials by drainage from the surrounding land: The allotrophic lake near Jeff's house got its natural substances draining into it from the area of land around it
This entry is located in the following units: allo-, all- (page 11) tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous (page 1)
autotrophic lake (s) (noun), autotrophic lakes (pl)
A body of water surrounded by land in which all or most of the organic matter present is derived from within the lake and not from drainage off the surrounding land: Autotrophic lakes are an aquatic ecosystems that are especially productive nutrient rich environments.
This entry is located in the following units: auto-, aut- (page 21) tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous (page 2)
deflation lake (s) (noun), deflation lakes (pl)
A lake in a basin that was formed primarily by wind erosion: The photo of a deflation lake that Jane saw in her biology book was located in a semiarid region.
This entry is located in the following units: de- (page 17) flat-, flatu- (page 1)
delta lake (s) (noun), delta lakes (pl)
A lake that is formed along the edge of or within a delta.
This entry is located in the following unit: delta, delt-; Δ, δ (page 1)