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troglophile

troglophile adjective: able to live its entire life in a cave.

Adjective

troglophile (comparative more troglophile, superlative most troglophile)

  1. Able to live its entire life in a cave.

Noun

troglophile (plural troglophiles)

  1. Any organism that is able to live its entire life in a cave.

Forms of troglophile

Adjective
comparativemore troglophile
superlativemost troglophile
Noun
pluraltroglophiles

Origin of troglophile

From troglo- + -phile.

Words formed from troglophile

Questions about troglophile

What does troglophile mean?
Troglophile means able to live its entire life in a cave.
What part of speech is troglophile?
Troglophile can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near troglophile in the dictionary

  1. troglomorphic
  2. troglomorphism
  3. troglomorphisms
  4. troglomorphs
  5. troglomorphy
  6. troglophile
  7. troglophiles
  8. troglophilic
  9. trogloxene
  10. trogloxenes
  11. trogocytic

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