monimolimnion

Meaning

1. The lower, dense stratum of a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers) that does not mix with the waters above.

Etymology / origin

From Ancient Greek μόνιμος (mónimos, “stable, permanent”) + -limnion (from Ancient Greek λῐ́μνη (lĭ́mnē, “lake”) + -ion), first appearing in the writings of British ecologist George Evelyn Hutchinson (1903–1991).

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