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stygobitic

stygobitic adjective: living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.

Adjective

stygobitic (not comparable)

  1. Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.
    • We discuss the possibility that one stygobitic lineage secondarily regained some of its body pigmentation as adaptation to increased photic conditions after cave collapse and forming of cenotes during the last glacial maximum.2015 August 27, “The Evolution of Epigean and Stygobitic Species of Koonunga Sayce, 1907 (Syncarida: Anaspidacea) in Southern Australia, with the Description of Three New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of stygobitic

From stygobite + -ic.

Questions about stygobitic

What does stygobitic mean?
Stygobitic means living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.
What part of speech is stygobitic?
Stygobitic is an adjective.

Words near stygobitic in the dictionary

  1. stygobiontic
  2. stygobionts
  3. stygobiotic
  4. stygobite
  5. stygobites
  6. stygobitic
  7. stygofauna
  8. stygofaunal
  9. stygophile
  10. stygophiles
  11. stygophilic

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