subnivium

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The seasonal microenvironment beneath the snow.
    — Voles and shrews thriving in networks of tunnels in the subnivium would experience a loss of their snowy refuge and face greater metabolic demands to cope with more-frequent and harsher exposure to the elements.

词形变化

subnivia plural

词源

From sub- (“under”) + Latin nix (“snow”) + -ium.
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