encruster

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noun

Any organism that encrusts part of its environment.

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Meanings

nounencruster (plural encrusters)

plural encrusters

  1. biologyAny organism that encrusts part of its environment.

    Some rock encrusters can occupy large areas and impart new morphological, biological, and geological characteristics upon the environment they settled. Probably the most widespread encrusters along karst coastlines are coralline red algae […]

    2013, Michael J. Lace, John E. Mylroie, Coastal Karst Landforms, page 42

Origin

From encrust + -er.

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encruster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encruster

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“encruster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encruster. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encruster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encruster.

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