rheophilicadj.
/riːəˈfɪlɪk/, U.S. /ˌriəˈfɪlɪk/ Zoology and Botany.
= rheophile adj.
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aquatic1642
water-breathing1827
nektonic1896
rheophile1934
rheophilic1939
rheophilous1941
1939 Ecol. Monogr. 9 176 In the river Chu, Schizothorax pseudaksiensis Herz. [sc. a fish] occurs commonly only in the upper part of the region studied... With it are associated certain other rheophilic forms.
1948 Bot. Rev. 14 501 The typically rheophilic diatoms sometimes contain the most characteristic or endemic species of a region.
1999 D. Dudgeon Trop. Asian Streams iv. 501 Tanypodine larvae occur in both flowing and standing waters, but some genera..are strongly rheophilic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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