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stygofauna

stygofauna noun: any fauna that live within groundwater systems, such as caves and aquifers, particularly the small, aquatic groundwater invertebrates.

Noun

stygofauna (plural stygofauna)

  1. Any fauna that live within groundwater systems, such as caves and aquifers, particularly the small, aquatic groundwater invertebrates.

Forms of stygofauna

pluralstygofauna

Origin of stygofauna

From stygo- + fauna.

Words formed from stygofauna

Questions about stygofauna

What does stygofauna mean?
Stygofauna means any fauna that live within groundwater systems, such as caves and aquifers, particularly the small, aquatic groundwater invertebrates.
What part of speech is stygofauna?
Stygofauna is a noun.
What is the plural of stygofauna?
The plural of stygofauna is stygofauna.

Words near stygofauna in the dictionary

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

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