Etymology

dimictic

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Ancient Greek δίς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδίς“twice”
  2. English todaydimictic

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”). By surface analysis, di- + -mictic.

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