hygropetric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Requiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.

Word forms

hygropetric

Etymology

From hygro- + -petric from Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “stone”).

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