Monday, April 07, 2008

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Word-a-Day 2008 Calendar (Houghton Mifflin) 4/6/8: hydrarch

hydrarch: adj. Originating in a wet habitat, such as a pond. Used of an ecological succession.

I'd like to think there are other applications for this word outside of ecological succession. Would it make a good metaphor for someone who likes to swim: "She spent so much time in the water you would think she was hydrarch"? (I also like how it reminds me of the hydra from mythology, and the words looks like it's some sort of government controlled by a hydra.) Rating: 8/10 lochs.
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