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trogloxenes

trogloxenes is the plural of trogloxene.

Meaning of trogloxene

Noun

trogloxene (plural trogloxenes)

  1. Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively.
    • A basic difference between these two categories is that individual trogloxenes must leave caves periodically in order to complete their life cycles, whereas troglophiles may, if the opportunity presents itself (for instance, as a consequence of dispersion movements, bringing the individual near to...2014, Raúl Aguilar-Roblero, Mechanisms of Circadian Systems in Animals and Their Clinical Relevance, page 65

Questions about trogloxenes

What is trogloxenes the plural of?
Trogloxenes is the plural of trogloxene.

Words near trogloxenes in the dictionary

  1. troglomorphy
  2. troglophile
  3. troglophiles
  4. troglophilic
  5. trogloxene
  6. trogloxenes
  7. trogocytic
  8. trogocytose
  9. trogocytosed
  10. trogocytosis
  11. trogon

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