trogloxene

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”)

Noun

trogloxene (plural trogloxenes)

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

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