Epigeic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Living on the surface of the land. not-comparable

    "Our large dataset on epigaeic ant abundances is complemented by a second, smaller dataset of 24 published studies on arboreal ant abundances."

  2. 2
    Living in the topsoil and depositing wormcasts on the surface. not-comparable

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"Our large dataset on epigaeic ant abundances is complemented by a second, smaller dataset of 24 published studies on arboreal ant abundances."

Etymology

From French épigé + -ic. Épigé, first applied in the context of earthworms by Marcel Bouché (see anecic), is from Ancient Greek ἐπίγειος (epígeios, “terrestrial”).

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