lacustrine

American  

[luh-kuhs-trin] / ləˈkʌs trɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to a lake.

2. living or growing in lakes, as various organisms.

3. formed at the bottom or along the shore of lakes, as geological strata.

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lacustrine British  

/ ləˈkʌstraɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to lakes

2. living or growing in or on the shores of a lake

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lacustrine Scientific  

/ lə-kŭs′trĭn /

1. Relating to lakes.

2. Relating to a system of inland wetlands and deep-water habitats associated with freshwater lakes and reservoirs, characterized by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation.

3. Compare marine palustrine riverine

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Other Word Forms

• interlacustrine adjective
• sublacustrine adjective

Etymology

Origin of lacustrine

First recorded in 1820–30; from French or Italian lacustr(e) “of lakes” + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

While Fretwell cautioned he is not an expert in lacustrine habitats, meaning large bodies of water where life may be possible, he said Bedmap3 will help inform new studies of subglacial lakes.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

Paludal environments may be associated with tidal, deltaic, lacustrine, and/or fluvial deposition.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Each of these is lined by alluvial sediments leading into playa or lacustrine depositional environments.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Lake systems and deposits, called lacustrine, form via processes somewhat similar to marine deposits, but on a much smaller scale.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

In the Old Red Sandstone are numerous fish remains; it appears to have been an estuarine or lacustrine deposit; the Devonian, on the other hand, was marine, like the Silurian and Cambrian.

From Geology by Geikie, James