rheophilyn.
/riːˈɒfᵻli/, /riːˈɒfl̩i/, U.S. /riˈɑfəli/ Zoology and Botany.
The condition of being rheophilic; preference for an environment of flowing water.
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1950 Oikos 2 186 Many of those animals which have been cited as examples supporting the theory are not at all distinguished by a particularly high degree of rheophily.
1990 tr. I. A. Rubtsov Blackflies i. 86 A characteristic property of blackfly larvae of all ages is rheophily: a distinct preference for river basin areas with a swift current.
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n.1950- chloroiodide
- chlorolabe
- chloroma
- chloromanganese
- chloromelan
- chloromelanite
- chloromercurate
- chlorometer
- chlorometers
- chloromethane
- chloromethyl
- chlorometric
- chlorometry
- chloromycetin
- chloropal
- chloropalladate
- chloroperchloric
- chlorophaeite
- chlorophan
- chlorophane
- chlorophanerite
- chlorophanous
- chlorophyll
- chlorophyll-body
- chlorophyll-cell