Usually means: Adapted to living in caves.
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  1. cavernicolous: Merriam-Webster
  2. cavernicolous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cavernicolous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cavernicolous: Wordnik
  5. cavernicolous: Wiktionary
  6. cavernicolous: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. cavernicolous: Dictionary.com
  8. cavernicolous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. cavernicolous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (rare) That inhabits caverns or caves.

Similar:
cryptic, Cryptozoic, coelozoic, troglobious, rupicolous, deserticolous, troglophile, latebricole, tubicolous, canivorous, more...

Opposite:
epigeal, surface-dwelling, aboveground

Types:
spelunking, caving, potholing, more...

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Similar:
cryptic, Cryptozoic, coelozoic, troglobious, rupicolous, deserticolous, troglophile, latebricole, tubicolous, canivorous, more...

Opposite:
epigeal, surface-dwelling, aboveground

Types:
spelunking, caving, potholing, more...



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