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English
Etymology
From erem- + -ic.[1]
Adjective
eremic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to deserts (or sandy terrain).
1939, Jacob R[ichard] Schramm, “Coleoptera”, in Josef N. Knull, editor, Biological Abstracts, volume 13, page 1229:S. ammodites, a remarkable new form with marked eremic adaptations is described from the Sahara, and a key to the known spp. [species] is given.
2013, G. W. Brown, editor, Desert Biology: Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects of Arid Regions, volume 1, Elsevier Science, →ISBN, Preface, page IX:I feel that much of what is presented will be of more than tangential use to those ecologists who someday will provide a quantification of the eremic biomes through additional studies, researches, and formulation of model systems.
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