Definition of Lacustrine

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or living near lakes.

Partainyms: Lake

Definition of Lacustrine

1. Adjective. Of or relating to lakes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lacustrine

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Lacustrine

1. Of or having to do with a lake, of, relating to, or formed in lakes, growing or living in lakes, of or relating to dwellings built on piles in lakes (for example, prehistoric central Europe, Scotland, and Ireland). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacustrine

lacunar tonsillitis
lacunaria
lacunars
lacunary
lacunas
lacunate
lacune
lacunes
lacunose
lacunous
lacunule
lacus
lacus lacrimalis
lacustral
lacustrine (current term)
lacwork
lacworks
lacy
lad
lad's love
lad culture
ladanum
ladanums
ladder
ladder-back
ladder-back chair
ladder-proof
ladder logic
ladder polyether

Literary usage of Lacustrine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1908)
"lacustrine. The matrices of the Carboniferous conglomerates, as described above, agree perhaps more closely with the lacustrine type than with the marine; ..."

2. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"Nevertheless, the content of these components in the lacustrine alluvial deposits of northwestern Siberia and the Yana-Indigirka lowland lacks uniformity ..."

3. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"Fresh-water lacustrine Deposits.—Such being the general character of all ... All lacustrine beds resemble those of Estuarine origin in many respects ..."

4. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1906)
"lacustrine Deposits.—Deposits laid down in large Pleistocene lakes cover extensive areas in North Dakota and are of value as a source of brick clay. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"This deposit was described in 1797 by John Frere, and afterwards, in 1860, by Professor Prestwich, who gave numerous details and showed that the lacustrine ..."

6. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1902)
"lacustrine CLAYS AND SILTS. In the extra-morainic part of the basin of Lake ... Clays and silts of lacustrine type are found at various points outside the ..."

7. Advanced Text-book of Geology Descriptive and Industrial by David Page (1876)
"lacustrine or Lake Deposits. 352. lacustrine deposits (Lat. lacus, a lake) are those found either in existing lakes or occupying the sites of lakes now ..."

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