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psam·mon (sam′än′, -ən)

noun

Ecol. a group of those microorganisms that live in the water held between sand grains in waterlogged sands

Etymology: ModL < Gr psammos, sand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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