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subphotic

subphotic adjective: beneath the photic zone.

Adjective

subphotic (not comparable)

  1. Beneath the photic zone

Origin of subphotic

From sub- + photic.

Questions about subphotic

What does subphotic mean?
Subphotic means beneath the photic zone.
What part of speech is subphotic?
Subphotic is an adjective.

Words near subphotic in the dictionary

  1. subphoneme
  2. subphonemes
  3. subphonemic
  4. subphosphide
  5. subphosphides
  6. subphotic
  7. subphotospheric
  8. subphrase
  9. subphrases
  10. subphratries
  11. subphratry

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