First Known Use: 1899
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limnetic
adjective lim·net·ic \lim-ˈne-tik\
Definition of LIMNETIC
: of, relating to, or inhabiting the open water of a body of freshwater <limnetic environment>
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Origin of LIMNETIC
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek limnē pool, marshy lake; perhaps akin to Latin limus mud — more at lime
Rhymes with LIMNETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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