1924 Glasgow Herald 13 Dec. 4 Permanent cave-dwellers (the troglobions), like the Dalmatian Proteus newt.
1927 Ibid. 2 July 4The three groups have received various names, such as troglobionts, troglophils, and trogloxenes.
1982 Moyle & Cech Fishes xxxi. 444Most cave waters containing troglobiotic fishes have at least intermittent connections to the outside.
1953 Hazelton & Glennie in C. H. D. Cullingford Brit. Caving ix. 268The family Dendrocoelidae includes a large number of troglobites.
Ibid. 270The genus Candona..includes many troglobite species.
1971 Webster Add. ,Troglobitic.
1924 Glasgow Herald 13 Dec. 4 We include many of the bats as troglophils.
1947 Sci. News V. 52The troglophili actively seek out and prefer the underground dark.
1953 Hazelton & Glennie in C. H. D. Cullingford Brit. Caving ix. 268Only those species which find the cave temperature suitable can become troglophiles.
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleology vii. 66Its grey colour and the presence of eyes indicate that this planarian is a troglophile.
1927 Trogloxene . [ see troglobiont above]
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleology ix. 142Until quite recently all crabs which had been found in caves were trogloxenes or at most troglophiles.
ORIGIN: from Greek trōglē hole: see -o- .
troglo-
combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trōglo-, from trōglē hole, cave
: cave-dwelling : troglodytic
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