meromictic

adjective

mer·​o·​mic·​tic

¦merə¦miktik

of a lake

: undergoing incomplete circulation at the fall overturn compare holomictic

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary mer- + mict- (from Greek miktos mixed, verbal of mignynai to mix) + -ic

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