Meanings
- not comparablebiologyRequiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.
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In Europe, Dicranomyia trinotata (Meig.) is a characteristic member of the hygropetric association, the insects living on rocks in streams, where they are covered with a thin sheet of water and are usually associated with such insect forms as Beraea, Tinodes, Stactobia (Trichoptera), Orphnephila testacea (Ruthe), Pericoma nubila (Meig.), Dixa maculata Meig., Oxycera pulchella Meig., and other Diptera.
1919, Charles Paul Alexander, The Crane-flies of New York
Origin
- Ancient Greekπέτρος“stone”
- Englishhygropetric
From hygro- + -petric from Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “stone”).
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hygropetric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hygropetric
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