epilimnetic

adjective

ep·​i·​lim·​net·​ic

¦epə¦lim¦netik

variants or less commonly epilimnial

-mnēəl

: of, relating to, or constituting an epilimnion

Word History

Etymology

New Latin epilimnion + English -etic or -al

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