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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
epilimnion /ˌɛpɪˈlɪmnɪən/

▶noun (pl. epilimnia /-nɪə/) the upper layer of water in a stratified lake. Compare with hypolimnion.

– origin early 20th cent.: from epi- + Gk limnion (dimin. of limnē ‘lake’).

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