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形容詞

epigean (not comparable)

1. That lives on or near the surface of the land.
   • 2015 July 8, “Convergent Reduction of Ovariole Number Associated with Subterranean Life in Beetles”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131986:

     For other Leptodirini, the contraction of the life cycle is less radical, being intermediate between this extreme and a epigean life cycle.

等位語

• hypogean

関連する語

• epigeal, epigeic, epigeous

名詞

epigean (複数形 epigeans)

1. Any organism that lives on or near the surface of the land.
   • 2015 July 8, “Convergent Reduction of Ovariole Number Associated with Subterranean Life in Beetles”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131986:

     We also studied the female internal system for a species in the subgenus Aphaenops (Cerbaphaenops), and two species belonging to two other genera, one endogean (Geotrechus) and one epigean (Trechus).