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geophilic

geophilic adjective: spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily.

Adjective

geophilic (not comparable)

  1. Spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily.
  2. Fruiting and/or flowering at or below ground level; exhibiting geophily.

Origin of geophilic

From geo- + -philic.

Questions about geophilic

What does geophilic mean?
Geophilic means spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily.
What part of speech is geophilic?
Geophilic is an adjective.

Words near geophilic in the dictionary

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

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