stenotopic

[ sten-uh-top-ik ]

adjective
  1. (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.

Origin of stenotopic

1
First recorded in 1935–40; steno- + top(o)- + -ic

Words Nearby stenotopic

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British Dictionary definitions for stenotopic

stenotopic

/ (ˌstɛnəʊˈtɒpɪk) /


adjective
  1. ecology (of a species, group, etc) able to tolerate only a narrow range of environmental changes: Also (sometimes (influenced by -tropic)): stenotropic Compare eurytopic

Origin of stenotopic

1
from steno- + top from Greek topos place + -ic

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