bathophilous
English
Etymology
batho- + -philous
Adjective
bathophilous (not comparable)
- (biology) That inhabits very deep water.
- 2013, A. Vandel, Biospeleology: The Biology of Cavernicolous Animals, page 232:
- This family, as noted above, contains a majority of bathophilous species, although rare littoral forms belonging to it have been described.
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