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- In entomology, visiting but few flowers: applied to bees or other insects.
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raavan commented on the word oligotropic
It's also oligotropic, meaning that it's supersaturated with oxygen -- levels of the element are 50 times higher than those found in most typical freshwater lakes
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-01/07/russians-penetrate-lake-vostok
January 8, 2011