mesosaprobic

adjective

meso·​saprobic

"+

: living in or being a moderately oxygenated environment in which considerable organic material and bacteria are present compare katharobic, oligosaprobic, saprobic

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary mes- + saprobic; probably originally formed as German mesosaprobisch

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