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lacustrine, a.|ləˈkʌstrɪn|
[f. as if L. *lacustri- (f. lacus lake n.4, after the analogy of palūstri-, palūster, f. palūd-, palūs marsh) + -ine.]
Of or pertaining to a lake or lakes. Said esp. of plants and animals inhabiting lakes, and Geol. of strata, etc., which originated by deposition at the bottom of lakes; also with reference to ‘lake-dwellings’ such as those of prehistoric Europe. lacustrine age, lacustrine period: the period when lake-dwellings were common.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. i. iii. 49 The lacustrine and alluvial deposits of Italy. 1833Ibid. III. 220, I collected six species of lacustrine shells. 1843Portlock Geol. 165 The clays and sands..on Lough Neagh..were of lacustrine origin. 1850H. Miller Footpr. Creat. i. (1874) 9 Lacustrine plants. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. i. 38 The lacustrine habitations of Switzerland. 1868Peard Water-Farm. iii. 30 The stream we design to cultivate must possess no lacustrine head. 1869Lubbock Preh. Times ix. (ed. 2) 291 The bones generally occur in the lacustrine shell marl. 1875Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims, Prog. Cult. Wks. (Bohn) III. 225 Who would live in the stone age..or the lacustrine? 1878Huxley Physiogr. 143 Lacustrine Delta. The alluvial tract formed by a river at its embouchure into a lake. 1879Rutley Study Rocks iii. 15 Identified with a marine or a lacustrine fauna. 1880Harting Brit. Anim. Extinct 3 Wild boars..wallowing..in lacustrine mire. |