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geophile

geophile noun: an organism that lives or thrives in soil.

Noun

geophile (plural geophiles)

  1. An organism that lives or thrives in soil.
    • Thus, temporal inactive geophiles, such as the caterpillars of many butterfly species, only bury in the ground for nymphosis; even so they constitute an important food source for other edaphic species.2014, John Dighton, Interactions in Soil: Promoting Plant Growth, page 43

Forms of geophile

pluralgeophiles

Origin of geophile

From geo- + -phile.

Questions about geophile

What does geophile mean?
Geophile means an organism that lives or thrives in soil.
What part of speech is geophile?
Geophile is a noun.
What is the plural of geophile?
The plural of geophile is geophiles.

Words near geophile in the dictionary

  1. geophagists
  2. geophagous
  3. geophagy
  4. geophase
  5. geophases
  6. geophile
  7. geophiles
  8. geophilia
  9. geophilic
  10. geophilid
  11. geophilids

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