Diversions: Three Words I Learned Today

By Paul Kedrosky · Thursday, March 26, 2009 ·

Any day when I learn new words is a good day. Here are three thematically-linked words I have learned today:

perdurable: adj. Extremely durable; permanent.

eurytopic: adj. Able to adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions; widely distributed. Used of a plant or an animal.

stenotopic: adj. Able to adapt only to a narrow range of environmental conditions. Used of a plant or an animal.