epigeic

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epigeic

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From French épigé + -ic. Épigé, first applied in the context of earthworms by Marcel Bouché (see anecic), is from Ancient Greek ἐπίγειος (epígeios, “terrestrial”).

adjective epigaeic

not comparable Living on the surface of the land. Our large dataset on epigaeic ant abundances is complemented by a second, smaller dataset of 24 published studies on arboreal ant abundances.
not comparable, of earthworms Living in the topsoil and depositing wormcasts on the surface.

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@misc{epigeic_2026,
  title = {epigeic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/epigeic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}