geophilous
/dʒɪˈɒfɪləs/ /dʒɪˈɒf̩ləs/Chiefly Zoology
adjective
Terrestrial; living on or close to the ground; (of fungi) geophilic.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From geo- + -philous, after post-classical Latin geophilus.
- small people
- small person
- small pica
- small-pipes
- small-pock
- small potatoes
- smallpox
- smallpoxed
- small press
- small print
- small profits and quick returns
- small-reed
- small rice
- small room
- small round
- small sail
- small sails
- small salad
- smallsat
- small saver
- small-scale
- small science
- small seed
- small slam
- small stores