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troglobite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
troglo-bite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An animal that normally lives entirely in the dark parts of caves, often with no functioning eyes or no pigmentation.

Etymology

From German Troglobie (from Ancient Greek τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)). By surface analysis, troglo- + -obe + -ite.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Troglobie, τρώγλη

Inflected Forms

troglobites (plural)

Derived Forms

troglobious troglobitic

Frequently Paired Words

biology troglodyte guanobite lychnobite troglophile subtroglophile trogloxene stygobite

Synonyms

troglobiont

Questions

What does troglobite mean?
An animal that normally lives entirely in the dark parts of caves, often with no functioning eyes or no pigmentation.
Where does troglobite come from?
It is traced to German.

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