micto-, -mict-

Cross fertilization.

1. A reference to a lake that has no period of overturn because it is perennially frozen.
2. Pertaining to females that produce unfertilized eggs that develop into offspring of just one sex.

1. A term used to indicate the fact that both parents contribute to the inheritance of their offspring.
2. True sexual reproduction; the union of male and female gametes; may be either autogamy (inbreeding) or allogamy (outbreeding).

Used for a lake that has two seasonal overturn periods of free circulation, with accompanying disruption of the thermocline.

A reference to a lake that has complete free circulation throughout the water column at the time of winter cooling.

A description of a lake that is permanently stratified due to the presence of a density gradient (pycnocline) resulting from chemical stratification.

Pertaining to patterns of water circulation in a lake.

A reference to a lake having a single period of free circulation or overturn per year, with consequent disruption of the thermocline; it may be either cold monomictic or warm monomictic.

The passage in the urine of hairs or hairlike structures, such as threads of mucus.

Referring to a lake having no persistent thermal stratification which is continually circulating with only brief periods of stability.