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stygobionts

stygobionts is the plural of stygobiont.

Meaning of stygobiont

Noun

stygobiont (plural stygobionts)

  1. An instance of stygofauna.
    • Stygobionts overwhelmingly comprise crustaceans belonging to many higher taxa, including those with broad ecological and geographical distributions (such as Copepoda, Ostracoda, Amphipoda, Isopoda, and Decapoda).2011, Philip E. van Beynen, Karst Management, →ISBN, page 286

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Questions about stygobionts

What is stygobionts the plural of?
Stygobionts is the plural of stygobiont.

Words near stygobionts in the dictionary

  1. stygmergetic
  2. stygmergic
  3. stygo-
  4. stygobiont
  5. stygobiontic
  6. stygobionts
  7. stygobiotic
  8. stygobite
  9. stygobites
  10. stygobitic
  11. stygofauna

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