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lacustrine
CIDE DICTIONARY
lacustrine, a. [L. lacus lake: cf. F. lacustral, lacustre.].
Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lacustrine, adj. formal 1 of or relating to lakes.
2 living or growing in or beside a lake.
2 living or growing in or beside a lake.
Etymology
L lacus LAKE(1), after palustris marshy
ROGET THESAURUS
lacustrine
Lake
N gulf, lake, land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet, frith, firth, ostiary, mouth, lagune, lagoon, indraught, cove, creek, natural harbor, roads, strait, narrows, Euripus, sound, belt, gut, kyles, continental slope, continental shelf, lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well, standing water, dead water, sheet of water, fish pond, mill pond, ditch, dike, dyke, dam, reservoir, alberca, barachois, hog wallow, lacustrine.For further exploring for "lacustrine" in Webster Dictionary Online