sapropelic

adjective

sap·​ro·​pel·​ic

1

: living in mud or ooze composed chiefly of decaying organic matter (as various freshwater protozoa)

2

: of, relating to, or derived from sapropel

the organic carbon may be humic (coaly) or sapropelic (bituminous)

—F. J. Pettijohn

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary sapropel + -ic

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