kryon

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noun

The biocoenosis of a kryal.

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Meanings

nounkryon (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe biocoenosis of a kryal.

    Species of Diamesa are the sole or predominant members of the kryon in the Alps, the Balkans, the Rocky Mountains, the Himalayas, and the mountains of Scandinavia and tropical Africa.

    1994, J.V. Ward, “Ecology of Alpine Streams”, in Freshwater Biology, volume 32, number 2, →DOI, page 279

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek[Term?]
  2. Englishkryon

From Ancient Greek [Term?]. Coined by German entomologist August Wilhelm Steffan in 1971.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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