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scotophilic

scotophilic adjective: that thrives in darkness or low light levels.

Adjective (1)

scotophilic (not comparable)

  1. That thrives in darkness or low light levels

Adjective (2) capitalized: Scotophilic

Scotophilic (not comparable)

  1. (uncountable) That loves the Scots or Scotland.

Forms of scotophilic

alternative formscoto-
alternative formScotto-

Origin of scotophilic

From scoto- + -philic.

From Scoto- + -philic.

Questions about scotophilic

What does scotophilic mean?
Scotophilic means that thrives in darkness or low light levels.
What part of speech is scotophilic?
Scotophilic is an adjective.

Words near scotophilic in the dictionary

  1. scotophase
  2. scotophases
  3. scotophasic
  4. scotophil
  5. Scotophilia
  6. scotophilic
  7. scotophobe
  8. scotophobes
  9. scotophobia
  10. scotophobic
  11. scotophobin

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