trogloxene

Meaning

Noun

  • Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively.

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek τρώγλη ("hole") + Ancient Greek ξένος ("foreign, of a stranger")

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