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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

polysaprobic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English saprobic English polysaprobic From poly- + saprobic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting a body of water containing decomposing organic matter and thus little dissolved oxygen