| 释义 |
lenitic, a. Ecol.|lɛˈnɪtɪk|
[f. L. lenitas mildness + -ic.]
Of fresh-water organisms or habitats: situated in still water. Cf. lotic a.
1916Needham & Lloyd Life Inland Waters vi. 315 Organisms..may be roughly divided into two primary groups for which are suggested the following names: I. Lenitic or still-water societies. II. Lotic or rapid-water societies. 1931R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. xiv. 285 Quantitative methods for the study of benthonic organisms have made important contributions to our knowledge of the quantity of life in lenitic environments. |