potamo-, potam- (Greek: river, stream).autopotamous, autopotamic:
A reference to organisms adapted to stream environment and which complete their life cycles in streams.
benthopotamous:
Living on the bed (bottom) of a river or stream.
eupotamic:
Pertaining to an aquatic organism thriving in both flowing and standing fresh water.
hippopotamic:
Belonging to, like, or suggesting a hippopotamus; huge, unwieldly.
hippopotamoid:
Resembling a hippopotamus.
hippopotamus:
A pachydermatous quadruped, the African river-horse.
2. Hippopotamus amphibius, a very large beast with a thick heavy hairless body, large muzzle and tusks, and short legs, inhabiting manyh African rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Mesopotamia:
A proper name for the tract between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. Sometimes used allusively in the etymological sense for a tract (in the middle) between two rivers.
Mesopotamian:
1. A reference to the area of Mesopotamia.
2. A native or inhabitant of Mesopotamia (the larger part of which is now Iraq). mesopotamic:
A district between two rivers.
potamian:
1. A river tortoise or a mud turtle.
2. Of or pertaining to the Potamites or Trionychidae, the soft-shelled river tortoises. potamic:
Pertaining to rivers, or transport by river currents; fluviatile.
potamicolous, potamicole:
Living or thriving in rivers.
potamium:
A community of river dwellers.
potamodromous:
A reference to an organism that migrates only within fresh-river water.
Potamogale, Potamogalidae:
A small family of West African insectivores strongly resembling otters in appearance.
Potamogeton:
In botany, a genus of floating freshwater plants; a pondweed.
potamographer:
A specialist in the description of rivers.
potamography, potamographic:
The physiography (an account or description) of rivers; potamology.
potamologist:
A specialist in the study of rivers.
potamology, potamological:
In hydrology, the study of rivers.
potamometer:
An instrument for measuring the force of a river current.
potamophile:
Someone (or something) who is fond of rivers.
potamophilous, potamophily:
Thriving in rivers; a fondness for rivers.
potamophobia:
1. A dread or fear of rivers.
potamophyte:
A river plant.
potamoplankton:
Planktonic organisms of slow-moving streams and rivers.
potamous:
A reference to the lower reaches of rivers and streams.
tychopotamic:
A reference to aquatic organisms thriving in the still back waters of rivers and streams.
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