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troglo-|ˈtrɒgləʊ| combining form of Gr. τρώγλη hole, used in the names of various groups of organisms found in caves, as trogloˈbion(t), ˈtroglobite [a. G. troglobie (J. B. Schiner in A. Schmidl Grötten und Höhlen von Adelsberg (1854) 240), f. Gr. βιῶν living], an animal living entirely in the dark parts of caves; hence trogloˈbitic, -biˈotic adjs.; ˈtroglophil(e) [a. Ger. (J. B. Schiner loc. cit.: see -phil, -phile], a cave-dwelling animal that does not live entirely in the dark; ˈtrogloxene [a. Fr. trogloxène (E. G. Racovitza 1907, in Arch. Zool. Expér. & Gén. 4th Ser. VI. 437), f. Gr. ξένος guest], an animal that spends occasional short periods in dark caves.
1924Glasgow Herald 13 Dec. 4 Permanent cave-dwellers (the troglobions), like the Dalmatian Proteus newt. 1927Ibid. 2 July 4 The three groups have received various names, such as troglobionts, troglophils, and trogloxenes.
1982Moyle & Cech Fishes xxxi. 444 Most cave waters containing troglobiotic fishes have at least intermittent connections to the outside.
1953Hazelton & Glennie in C. H. D. Cullingford Brit. Caving ix. 268 The family Dendrocoelidae includes a large number of troglobites. Ibid. 270 The genus Candona..includes many troglobite species.
1971Webster Add., Troglobitic.
1924Glasgow Herald 13 Dec. 4 We include many of the bats as troglophils. 1947Sci. News V. 52 The troglophili actively seek out and prefer the underground dark. 1953Hazelton & Glennie in C. H. D. Cullingford Brit. Caving ix. 268 Only those species which find the cave temperature suitable can become troglophiles. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleology vii. 66 Its grey colour and the presence of eyes indicate that this planarian is a troglophile.
1927Trogloxene [see troglobiont above]. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleology ix. 142 Until quite recently all crabs which had been found in caves were trogloxenes or at most troglophiles. |