Stygobitic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves. not-comparable

    "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."

Synonyms

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stygobiont

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"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."

Etymology

From stygobite + -ic.

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