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Characterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2003, J. Kolding, B. Musando, N. Songore, Inshore Fishing and Fish Population Changes in Lake Kariba, Eyolf Jul-Larsen (editor), Management, co-management or no management?: major dilemmas in southern African freshwater fisheries, 2: Case studies, page 71, The rheophilic species, Chiloglanis neumanii, Opsaridium zambezense (and possibly also Leptoglanis rotundiceps) are now confined to the tributaries or the two more lotic western basins (Balon, 1974a, 1974b).
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Broader terms: aquatic, limnic
Living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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of or relating to or living in actively moving water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: lentic
From Latin lotus, past participle of lavare (“to wash”), + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
virtaavassa vedessä elävä
— living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water
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Finnish:
virtaavan veden
— living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water
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French:
lotique
— living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water
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Italian:
lotico
— living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water
