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adj. [Gr. ge, earth; L. cola, inhabitant]Animals that spend only a part of their lives in the soil and affect its structure, aeration, etc; see geobionts.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
geobionts — n. [Gr. ge, earth; bios, life; on, a being] Organisms that permanently inhabit the soil and thereby affect its structure; see geocoles … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology