"limnology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: limnologies [plural]
Etymology: From limno- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|limno|logy}} limno- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} limnology (countable and uncountable, plural limnologies)
  1. (ecology) The science concerning the biological, physical and geological properties of fresh water bodies, especially lakes and ponds. Wikipedia link: limnology Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ecology, Sciences Synonyms (scientific study of bodies of fresh water): freshwater science Derived forms: landscape limnology Related terms: limnobiology, limnoecology, limnogeology, limnological, hydrobiology, hydroecology, hydrogeology, hydrology Translations (science of lakes): лімналогія (limnalóhija) [feminine] (Belarusian), азёразнаўства (azjóraznaŭstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), limnologia [feminine] (Catalan), 湖沼學 (Chinese Mandarin), 湖沼学 (húzhǎoxué) (Chinese Mandarin), limnologie [feminine] (Czech), järveteadus (Estonian), järvitiede (Finnish), limnologie [feminine] (French), limnoloxía [feminine] (Galician), Limnologie [feminine] (German), Seenkunde (German), Gewässerökologie (German), सरोवरविज्ञान (sarovarvijñān) (Hindi), belvíztan (Hungarian), vatnalíffræði (Icelandic), linneolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), 陸水学 (rikusuigaku) (Japanese), 湖沼学 (koshōgaku) (Japanese), көлтану (költanu) (Kazakh), 육수학 (yuksuhak) (Korean), limnologia [feminine] (Polish), limnologia [feminine] (Portuguese), лимноло́гия (limnológija) [feminine] (Russian), озероведение (ozerovedenije) [neuter] (Russian), තඩාග විද්යාව (taḍāga widyāwa) (Sinhalese), සාරස විද්යාව (sārasa widyāwa) (Sinhalese), limnología [feminine] (Spanish), limnologi [common-gender] (Swedish), ชลธารวิทยา (Thai), koʻlshunoslik (Uzbek)

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      "roman": "taḍāga widyāwa",
      "sense": "science of lakes",
      "word": "තඩාග විද්යාව"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "sārasa widyāwa",
      "sense": "science of lakes",
      "word": "සාරස විද්යාව"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "science of lakes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limnología"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "science of lakes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "limnologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "science of lakes",
      "word": "ชลธารวิทยา"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "science of lakes",
      "word": "koʻlshunoslik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "limnology"
}

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