English Dictionary

trogloxene

名詞

Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively.

日本語の意味

洞窟などの地下の生息地に時折生息する生物。これらの生物は、地下環境だけでは生存できないため、上部環境など他の環境も必要とする。

Because the trogloxene visits the cave only to feed and shelter seasonally, conservationists monitor both its surface and subterranean habitats.

洞窟などの地下環境に散発的に生息し、そこでのみ生きられない生物が季節的に餌を求めたり避難したりするため、保護活動家はその地上と地下の生息地の両方を監視している。

意味（1）

Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively.

A basic difference between these two categories is that individual trogloxenes must leave caves periodically in order to complete their life cycles, whereas troglophiles may, if the opportunity presents itself (for instance, as a consequence of dispersion movements, bringing the individual near to contacts with the surface), leave the cave habitat.

trogloxenes （ plural ）