limnetic

lim·net·ic

adj \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