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endogean

endogean adjective: relating to, or living in the soil or litter immediately beneath the surface.

Adjective

endogean (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or living in the soil or litter immediately beneath the surface

Noun

endogean (plural endogeans)

  1. Any organism that lives in this region
    • We also studied the female internal system for a species in the subgenus Aphaenops (Cerbaphaenops), and two species belonging to two other genera, one endogean (Geotrechus) and one epigean (Trechus).2015 July 8, “Convergent Reduction of Ovariole Number Associated with Subterranean Life in Beetles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of endogean

pluralendogeans

Origin of endogean

From endo- + Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) + -an. Compare hypogean and epigean.

Questions about endogean

What does endogean mean?
Endogean means relating to, or living in the soil or litter immediately beneath the surface.
What part of speech is endogean?
Endogean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near endogean in the dictionary

  1. endogangue
  2. endogangues
  3. endogas
  4. endogastric
  5. endogastrically
  6. endogean
  7. endogeans
  8. endogeic
  9. endogen
  10. endogene
  11. endogeneities

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