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geophiles

geophiles is the plural of geophile.

Meaning of geophile

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

Questions about geophiles

What is geophiles the plural of?
Geophiles is the plural of geophile.

Words near geophiles in the dictionary

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

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