limnetic
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adjective \lim-ˈne-tik\Definition of LIMNETIC
: of, relating to, or inhabiting the open water of a body of freshwater <limnetic environment>
Origin of LIMNETIC
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek limnē pool, marshy lake; perhaps akin to Latin limus mud — more at lime
First Known Use: 1899
Rhymes with LIMNETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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