psammicadj.
/ˈsamɪk/, U.S. /ˈsæmɪk/ Ecology. rare.
Living among, attached to, or consisting of sand or gravel.
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fieldya1382
waterya1382
agrestial1608
subterranean1638
lucifugous1654
nemoral1656
subcutaneous1664
subterraneous1832
subtidal1852
xylophilous1862
xerophilous1863
acid-loving1870
aerobic1878
aerobian1879
aerobious1879
aerobiotic1880
subaquatic1880
aerophilous1885
facultative1887
pelagic1887
aerophile1888
autotrophic1893
heterotrophic1893
plastic1893
thermophilic1894
thermophil1896
mesophilic1897
halolimnic1898
polybathic1898
tolerant1898
limnetic1899
thermophilous1899
metatrophic1900
mixotrophic1900
paratrophic1900
mesophilous1901
benthic1902
epibenthic1902
eurybathic1902
microaerophilic1903
sympatric1904
benthoal1905
cryophile1907
benthonic1909
microaerophile1909
lenitic1916
lotic1916
psychrotolerant1924
oligosaprobic1925
polysaprobic1925
aerophilic1929
saprobic1932
primary1934
lentic1935
chemoautotrophic1936
eurytopic1937
psammic1938
saprotrophic1942
prototrophic1946
chemolithoautotrophic1949
auxotrophic1950
chemolithotrophic1953
chemoorganotrophic1953
opportunist1956
psychrophile1956
psychrophilic1958
opportunistic1960
psychrotrophic1960
oligosaprobe1990
1938 J. R. Carpenter Ecol. Gloss. 222 Psammic, concerning communities on sand or gravel.
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. vii. 69 The banks of rivers and lakes contain numerous psammic Rotifera.
1998 Jrnl. Marine Syst. 15 121/2 The exclusively neotropical parastenocaradid genera Potamocaris..are mainly known from psammic habitats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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