| telmato-, telmat-, telmi-, telm- (Greek: marsh, pool, standing or stagnent water; mud of a pool).phytotelmata: Small pools of water in or on plants, such as the leaf bases of bromeliads or the pitcher of pitcher plants. phytotelmic: A reference to organisms that inhabit small pools of water within or upon plants. telmatology: The study of wetlands, swamps, and marshy areas. telmatophilous, telmatophile, telmatophily: Thriving in wet meadows. telmatophyte: A wet-meadow plant. telmatoplankton: Planktonic organisms of freshwater bogs and marshes. telmicolous, telmicole: Living in freshwater marshes. telmophagous, telmophage: A reference to an organism, usually an insect, that feeds from a blood pool produced by tissue laceration.
 telmatology: telmatophile: telmatophilous: telmatophily: telmatophyte: telmatoplankton: telmicole: telmicolous: |