eremic

English

Etymology

From erem- +‎ -ic.

Adjective

eremic (not comparable)

1. 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^[sic], a remarkable new form with marked eremic adaptations is described from the Sahara, and a key to the known spp. [species] is given.

   • 1965, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Farming‎^[1], volume 15, page 22:

     Eremic climate is prevalent in Leh, western Himalayas and the adjoining Pamir Plateau.

   • 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.

Further reading

• “eremic”, in Collins English Dictionary.