Encruster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Encruster is a noun meaning (ecology) Any organism that encrusts part of its environment.
Meaning
(ecology) Any organism that encrusts part of its environment.
Example Sentences
Some rock encrusters can occupy large areas and impart new morphological, biological, and geological characteristics upon the environment they settled. Probably the most widespread encrusters along karst coastlines are coralline red algae […]
Word Forms
- encrusters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include encrustment, encrustation, crusting, incrustation, encasement, encroacher.
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