potamophile

English

Etymology

From potamo- +‎ -phile.

Noun

potamophile (plural potamophiles)

That which prefers or occurs only in freshwaters.
- 1964, James B. Lackey, “The Ecology of Plankton Algae”, in Daniel F. Jackson, editor, Algae and Man: Based on lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute July 22 - August 11, 1962; Louisville, Kentucky, New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, section “Plankton Habitats”, page 218:
  Strombomonas is apparently a potamophile alga, but does occur in still waters.
- 1968, Dennis E. Buetow, editor, The Biology of Euglena: General Biology and Ultrastructure, New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, page 36:
  Strombomonas species, which appear to be potamophiles, may be abundant farther downstream.
- 1975, University of Washington Publications in Fisheries, page 107:
  The first attempt at the classification of parasites of fishes by their reaction to salinity was made by Heitz (1918). He had divided the parasites into four groups: (1) the marine, occurring only in the sea; (2) the potamophile--only in freshwaters; (3) the marine-potamophile occurring more often in the sea than in freshwaters; (4) the potamophile-marine found more often in the sea than in freshwaters.
(rare) One who loves rivers.
- 1964, Country Life, page 1239:
  Yachting enthusiasts, potamophiles should request further detailed information and illustrated brochure from: […]
- 1993, Chapman Pincher, Pastoral Symphony: A Bumpkin’s Tribute to Country Joys, Swan Hill Press, page 150:
  With further experience she quickly became a potamophile, to coin a needed term for those of us who are besotted by rivers.
- 2002 March 27, “Word of the Day: the adjective ‘potamophilous’”, in The Dispatch, 124th year, number 238, Moline, Ill., page B4:
  But you don’t have to be a scientist to be a potamophile (someone who loves rivers). Anyone can exercise his potamophily (love of rivers) and his legs along the bank of his favorite river.
- 2013 June 13, Craig O’Donnell, “River organizations hold pair of parties”, in Kent County News, volume 68, number 24, Chestertown, Md., page A6:
  If a wine-lover is called an oenophile, what’s a river enthusiast? It’s not a word you see very often. Cambridge University Press will tell you a “potamophile” mayfly prefers “slow-current lowland waters.” Sounds about right for the Eastern Shore. And so potamophiles are in luck, with two celebrations of the rivers defining the county’s borders in one weekend.

Synonyms

(lover of rivers): fluviophile

Related terms

potamophilous