monimolimnion

Meaning

Noun

• The lower, dense stratum of a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers) that does not mix with the waters above.

Origin

• From Ancient Greek μόνιμος ("stable, permanent") + German -limnion (from Ancient Greek λῐ́μνη ("lake") + -ion), first appearing in the writings of British ecologist George Evelyn Hutchinson (1903–1991).