lacustrine

[luh-kuhs-trin]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to a lake.
living or growing in lakes, as various organisms.
formed at the bottom or along the shore of lakes, as geological strata.

lacustrine

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adjective

of or relating to lakes
living or growing in or on the shores of a lake

lacustrine

Relating to lakes.
Relating to a system of inland wetlands and deep-water habitats associated with freshwater lakes and reservoirs, characterized by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation.
Compare marine palustrine riverine

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Other Word Forms

interlacustrine adjective
sublacustrine adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lacustrine¹

First recorded in 1820–30; from French or Italian lacustr(e) “of lakes” + -ine ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lacustrine¹

C19: from Italian lacustre, from Latin lacus lake

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Example Sentences

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While Fretwell cautioned he is not an expert in lacustrine habitats, meaning large bodies of water where life may be possible, he said Bedmap3 will help inform new studies of subglacial lakes.

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Autopista Urbana Oriente is just an example of a highway project that will have a huge negative impact in the lacustrine zone that today still coexists with the city.

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By hiking and boating and camping in that valley I got see glacial features like glacial erratics and lacustrine clay from pro-glacial lakes.

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Whether these are marine, lacustrine, or estuarine deposits, there is hardly sufficient evidence to show.

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The country through which it passes is for the most part a wilderness of barren rock, full of lakes and lacustrine rivers, many of which are its tributaries.

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