Stygobitic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Stygobitic is an adjective meaning (zoology) Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.
Meaning
(zoology) Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.
Example Sentences
We discuss the possibility that one stygobitic lineage secondarily regained some of its body pigmentation as adaptation to increased photic conditions after cave collapse and forming of cenotes during the last glacial maximum.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stygobiontic, stygobiotic, sytogobitic, geophilic, geodephagous, stygophilic.
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