anecic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Building deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed.

Word forms

anecic

Etymology

From French anécique, coined by Marcel B. Bouché, French earthworm biologist (1971), from Ancient Greek ἀνέχω (anékhō, “to rise up, emerge”).

Derived words

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