epilimnion

(ep′ə lim′nē än′, -ən)

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noun

an unfrozen lake's warm, upper layer of oxygen-rich water that is above the thermocline

Origin: ModL < epi- + Gr limnion, dim. of limnē, marshy lake, prob. < IE base *(e)lei-, to bend > limb

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