Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to lakes.
- adjective Living or growing in or along the edges of lakes.
- adjective Relating to a system of inland deep-water and wetland habitats associated with lakes and reservoirs and characterized by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a lake or to lakes.
- Living on or in lakes, as various animals.
- In botany, growing in lakes or ponds. Also
lacustral and lacustrian.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
lakes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or living near lakes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Longitudinal studies have revealed a rapid build up of phosphorus in lacustrine sediments.
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Longitudinal studies have revealed a rapid build up of phosphorus in lacustrine sediments.
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I also am fond of words like "lacustrine" what lake deposits are to a geologist.
bookshelf Megan Kurashige 2007
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I also am fond of words like "lacustrine" what lake deposits are to a geologist.
Archive 2007-11-01 Megan Kurashige 2007
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Ann Willard, "lacustrine" from the Fort Lewis College/Durango Public Library Common Reading Experience
Durangoherald.com 2009
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Lake Plain AVA consist of calcareous rich glacial-lacustrine sediments and high lime glacial till deposits in well drained to moderately drained soils with the ability to produce full bodied wines with character.
Getting to Know New Yorks' Newest AVA: Ontario Lake Plain 2008
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Air on this side of the curtain bullied and be jinxed by the lack of the lacustrine.
Joe's Roast Beef 2010
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Other lacustrine species include Coccolaba uvifera, Languncularia recemosa and Cocos nucifera.
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Evidence of changes in moisture transport efficiency across the Scandes mountains in northern Sweden during the Holocene, inferred from oxygen isotope records of lacustrine carbonates.
Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009
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Holocene climatic change in Swedish Lapland inferred from an oxygen-isotope record of lacustrine biogenic silica.
Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word lacustrine
"And so it was that, at the foot of the path which led down to the artificial lake, there might be seen, in its two tiers woven of forget-me-nots and periwinkle flowers, a natural, delicate, blue garland encircling the water's luminous and shadowy brow, while the iris, flourishing its sword-blades in regal profusion, stretched out over agrimony and water-growing crowfoot the tattered fleurs-de-lis, violet and yellow, of its lacustrine sceptre."
-- Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin, p 149 of the Vintage International paperback edition
December 31, 2007
seanahan commented on the word lacustrine
Funny, I've pretty much only seen this wonderful word in translations.
December 31, 2007
sionnach commented on the word lacustrine
"As the majestic initial chordal progression of Debussy's Submerged Cathedral filled the concert hall, evoking the faint sacerdotal chant of some ancient lacustrine brotherhood, Leopold looked at his wife's hugely tumescent belly, winced at the wave of pain that washed over his body in sympathetic contraction, and prayed that their health insurance was adequate to cover his-'n-her epidurals in cases of severe couvade."
Explanation: the above sentence was constructed in response to a challenge to use five specified words in a sentence, specifically the words couvade, lacustrine, sacerdotal, tumescent, chordal.
December 31, 2007