mud-dwelling
Living in silt
Mud-dwelling describes organisms that live in or make their homes in mud—typically aquatic or semi-aquatic creatures found in marshes, riverbeds, and tidal flats: mud-dwelling invertebrates, mud-dwelling fish.
The term appears mainly in biological and ecological contexts.
Freshwater pinching crustacean
- mudskipperAmphibious fish walking on fins
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
- eelElongated scaleless fish
- lungfishFish that breathes air
salamander · newt · frog · toad · worm · clam · mussel · crab
Of the sea bottom
- detritivoreEats dead organic material
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
- bottom-feederCreature eating from below
- burrowingDigging to create shelter
sediment · substrate · anaerobic · decomposition · nutrient-rich · microhabitat · invertebrate · larval
Animal's dug dwelling
- denPrivate room or lair
- holeAbsence in matter
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
chamber · lodge · warren · sett · lair · mudflat · riverbank · estuary
Structure built on posts
- crannogMan-made island settlement
- floating villageCommunity built over water
- deltaicOf river-mouth landforms
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
riverine · fishing hamlet · subsistence · aquaculture · rice paddy
crayfish
Freshwater pinching crustacean
- mudskipperAmphibious fish walking on fins
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
- eelElongated scaleless fish
lungfish · salamander · newt · frog · toad · worm · clam · mussel · crab · shrimp
benthic
Of the sea bottom
- detritivoreEats dead organic material
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
- bottom-feederCreature eating from below
burrowing · sediment · substrate · anaerobic · decomposition · nutrient-rich · microhabitat · invertebrate · larval · aquatic
burrow
Animal's dug dwelling
nest · chamber · lodge · warren · sett · lair · mudflat · riverbank · estuary · swamp
stilt house
Structure built on posts
- crannogMan-made island settlement
- floating villageCommunity built over water
- deltaicOf river-mouth landforms
floodplain · riverine · fishing hamlet · subsistence · aquaculture · rice paddy
mud-dwellingrock-dwelling
Living among stones
cliff-dwelling · cave-dwelling · terrestrial · soil-dwelling
mud-dwellingtree-dwelling
Living in branches
arboreal · aerial · pelagic · treetop · free-swimming
muddy, dwell, dwelling, dweller, dwellers, dwellings, muddiness, muddily