Hygropetric
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hygropetric is an adjective meaning (zoology) Requiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.
Meaning
(zoology) Requiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.
Example Sentences
In Europe, Dicranomyia trinotata (Meig.) is a characteristic member of the hygropetric association, the insects living on rocks in streams, where they are covered with a thin sheet of water and are usually associated with such insect forms as Beraea, Tinodes, Stactobia (Trichoptera), Orphnephila testacea (Ruthe), Pericoma nubila (Meig.), Dixa maculata Meig., Oxycera pulchella Meig., and other Diptera.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hygrobial, hygrophilous, hygrocolous, geophilic, hydrophilous, hypolithic.
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