Trogloxene
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trogloxene is a noun meaning Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively.
Meaning
Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively.
Example Sentences
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 contacts with the surface), leave the cave habitat.
Word Forms
- trogloxenes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subtroglophile, stygiobiont, trogosome, intraterrestrial, throphozoite, ectotroph.
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