Usually means: Pertaining to open, deep freshwater.
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  1. limnetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. limnetic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. limnetic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. limnetic: Wordnik
  5. limnetic: Wiktionary
  6. limnetic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. limnetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. limnetic: Dictionary.com
  9. limnetic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. limnetic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. limnetic: Encyclopedia

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  1. limnetic: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (limnetic)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to the deeper, open water of a lake.
▸ noun:  Any animal that lives in the limnetic zone.

Similar:
lentic, lacustrine, limnophilous, hypolimnetic, limnic, lacustrian, limnologic, limnophilic, lacustral, laky, more...

Opposite:
benthic, profundal, littoral

Phrases:
limnetic zone, more...

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Similar:
lentic, lacustrine, limnophilous, hypolimnetic, limnic, lacustrian, limnologic, limnophilic, lacustral, laky, more...

Opposite:
benthic, profundal, littoral

Phrases:
limnetic zone, more...



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