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ep·i·ge·al

 (ĕp′ə-jē′əl) also ep·i·ge·an (-ən) or ep·i·ge·ous (-əs)
adj.
1. Living or occurring on or near the surface of the ground.
2. Botany Of or relating to seed germination in which the cotyledons emerge above the surface of the ground after germination.
[From Greek epigeios, on the earth : epi-, epi- + gē, earth.]
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epigeal

(ˌɛpɪˈdʒiːəl) ,

epigean

or

epigeous

adj
1. (Botany) of or relating to seed germination in which the cotyledons appear above the ground because of the growth of the hypocotyl
2. (Biology) living or growing on or close to the surface of the ground
[C19: from Greek epigeios of the earth, from epi- + gē earth]
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ep•i•ge•al

(ˌɛp ɪˈdʒi əl)

also ep`i•ge′an,



adj.
living near the surface of the ground, as on low herbs or other surface vegetation: epigeal insects.
[1860–65]
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The cavernicolous Strinatia brevipennis Chopard, 1970 and the epigean Endecous itatibensis Rehn, 1918 (Ensifera: Phalangopsidae) in the laboratory.
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It is tempting to suspect that these aspects represent troglomorphisms, but the lack of epigean records might be a consequence of undercollecting outside the caves.
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Epigean tenebrionids (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Leones and TovaTovita Islands (Chubut, Argentina) and its comparison with the mainland assemblage.
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Behavioural, ventilatory and respiratory responses of epigean and hypogean crustaceans to different temperatures.
Temperature-related intraspecific variability in the behavioral manipulation of acanthocephalan parasites on their gammarid hosts
Long-term fasting and realimentation in hypogean and epigean isopods: a proposed adaptive strategy for groundwater organisms.
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Voucher specimens for all epigean (surface-dwelling) collected species were deposited in the spider collection at Indiana State University.
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Like other epigean members of the genus, the species apparently is restricted to damp conditions and has been collected from leaf litter and rotten logs (Mulaik and Mulaik, 1942; Schultz, 1976).
Miktoniscus medcofi (isopoda, trichoniscidae) in Texas: a range extension for the genus and species
The setting of the traps aimed at collecting organisms from the meso and macrofauna with epigean ecologic behavior (Baretta et al., 2007a).
Microbiological and faunal soil attributes of coffee cultivation under different management systems in Brazil/Atributos microbiologicos e da fauna do solo com diferentes sistemas de cultivo de cafeeiro no Brasil
This subterranean realm, also known as hypogean, is quite different from the epigean (surface) environment, without primary production by photosynthesis and high humidity of air, for example (POULSON; WHITE, 1969).
Effectiveness of quadrat sampling on terrestrial cave fauna survey a case study in a Neotropical cave/A eficacia do metodo de amostragem por quadrados em levantamentos da fauna terrestre cavernicola--um estudo de caso em uma caverna Neotropical

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