eremic

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English

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Etymology

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From erem- +‎ -ic.[1]

Adjective

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eremic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to deserts (or sandy terrain).
    • 1939, Jacob R[ichard] Schramm, “Coleoptera”, in Josef N. Knull, editor, Biological Abstracts, volume 13, page 1229:
      S. ammodites[sic], a remarkable new form with marked eremic adaptations is described from the Sahara, and a key to the known spp. [species] is given.
    • 1965, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Farming[1], volume 15, page 22:
      Eremic climate is prevalent in Leh, western Himalayas and the adjoining Pamir Plateau.
    • 2013, G. W. Brown, editor, Desert Biology: Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects of Arid Regions, volume 1, Elsevier Science, →ISBN, Preface, page IX:
      I feel that much of what is presented will be of more than tangential use to those ecologists who someday will provide a quantification of the eremic biomes through additional studies, researches, and formulation of model systems.

References

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  1. ^ eremic”, in Merriam-Webster, n.d., retrieved 16 November 2023

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