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hy·po·lim·ni·on ('pə-lĭm'nē-ŏn', -ən)
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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