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stenobathic

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sten⋅o⋅bath⋅ic

  [sten-uh-bath-ik]
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–adjective Ecology.
of or pertaining to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic ).
Origin:
1900–05; steno- + Gk báth(os) depth (see batho- ) + -ic
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sten·o·bath·ic   (stěn'ə-bāth'ĭk)   
adj.  Limited to or able to live only within a narrow range of water depths. Used of aquatic organisms.

[steno- + Greek bathos, depth + -ic.]
sten'o·bath' n.
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