epigean

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any organism that lives on or near the surface of the land.
    — 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).
形容词 adj.
  1. That lives on or near the surface of the land. not-comparable
    — For other Leptodirini, the contraction of the life cycle is less radical, being intermediate between this extreme and a epigean life cycle.

词形变化

epigeans plural

词源

词源 1
From Ancient Greek ἐπίγειος (epígeios, “earthly”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”).
词源 2
From Ancient Greek ἐπίγειος (epígeios, “earthly”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”).
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