psammon

noun

psam·​mon

ˈsaˌmän

plural -s

: an ecological community consisting of the typically minute plants and animals that live in the water filling the interstices of sand adjacent to a body of fresh water

also : the habitat utilized

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek psammos sand

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