n.
The layer of water in a thermally stratified lake that lies below the thermocline, is noncirculating, and remains perpetually cold.
[HYPO- + Greek limnē, lake, pool.]
hypolimnetic hy'po·lim·net'ic (-lĭm-nĕt'ĭk) or hy'po·lim'ni·al adj.
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