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surface-dwelling

surface-dwelling adjective: of an organism or animal, that lives on or near the surface of something, such as water or soil.

Adjective

surface-dwelling (not comparable)

  1. Of an organism or animal, that lives on or near the surface of something, such as water or soil.

Questions about surface-dwelling

What does surface-dwelling mean?
Surface-dwelling means of an organism or animal, that lives on or near the surface of something, such as water or soil.
What part of speech is surface-dwelling?
Surface-dwelling is an adjective.

Words near surface-dwelling in the dictionary

  1. surface waters
  2. surface web
  3. surface-active
  4. surface-conduction electron-emitter display
  5. surface-conduction electron-emitter displays
  6. surface-dwelling
  7. surface-level
  8. surface-mount
  9. surface-mount technology
  10. surface-supplied diving
  11. surface-to-air

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