sapropelic
adjective
sap·ro·pel·ic
1
: living in mud or ooze composed chiefly of decaying organic matter (as various freshwater protozoa)
2
: of, relating to, or derived from sapropel
the organic carbon may be humic (coaly) or sapropelic (bituminous)
F. J. Pettijohn
F. J. Pettijohn
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary sapropel + -ic
- schisms
- schist
- schist oil
- schistic
- schisto-
- Schistocephalus
- Schistocerca
- schistocytes
- schistoid
- schistorrhaches
- schistorrhachises
- schistorrhachisses
- schistose
- schistosities
- schistosity
- schistosomae
- schistosomal
- schistosomas
- schistosomata
- schistosomatidaes
- schistosome
- schistosomes
- schistosomiases
- schistosomiasis
- schists