lacustrine

[ luh-kuhs-trin ]

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.

lacustrine

/ ləˈkʌstraɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to lakes
2. living or growing in or on the shores of a lake

lacustrine

/ 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

Other Words From

• inter·la·custrine adjective
• subla·custrine adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lacustrine¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lacustrine¹

C19: from Italian lacustre, from Latin lacus lake

Example Sentences

Autopista Urbana Oriente is just an example of a highway project that will have a huge negative impact in the lacustrine zone that today still coexists with the city.

From The Guardian

By hiking and boating and camping in that valley I got see glacial features like glacial erratics and lacustrine clay from pro-glacial lakes.

From Scientific American

Whether these are marine, lacustrine, or estuarine deposits, there is hardly sufficient evidence to show.

From Project Gutenberg

The country through which it passes is for the most part a wilderness of barren rock, full of lakes and lacustrine rivers, many of which are its tributaries.

From Project Gutenberg

These lacustrine deposits are well exposed in the road cuts near the northwest corner of the flat, and in washes at some other points.

From Project Gutenberg