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Definition of Cavernicolous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavernicolous
Literary usage of Cavernicolous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"In the case of the cavernicolous myriapods the bleaching of the body is very marked.
In out-of-door myriapods the normal tint of the integument is brown or ..."
2. The Fauna of Mayfield's Cave by Arthur Mangun Banta (1907)
"He names 51 species of the sub- genus, principally cavernicolous, and 8 species
of another subgenus of Trechus, all of which are exclusively cavernicolous. ..."
3. Animal Coloration: An Account of the Principal Facts and Theories Relating by Frank Evers Beddard (1892)
"... as opposed to " cavernicolous" forms Dr. Packard calls them. The bleaching
seems to be more marked in the Myriapods (centipedes, millipedes) than in any ..."
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