Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stygobitic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sty-go-b-itic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.

Example Sentences

"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.

Frequently Paired Words

stygobiont stygofauna stygophilic

Questions

What does stygobitic mean?: Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.
Where does stygobitic come from?: From stygobite + -ic.

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