Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being or inhabiting a largely lightless environment found beneath or on the lower surface of rocks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, growing under stones.
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Examples
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She had me at "hypolithic cyanobacteria detector."
Women 2.0: Geek Girls Unite! Women 2.0 2011
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She had me at "hypolithic cyanobacteria detector."
Women 2.0: Geek Girls Unite! Women 2.0 2011
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Its hypolithic hiding spot protects it from the snow, the ice, the cold winds and the sun.
Bufo viridis AYDIN 2008
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Its hypolithic hiding spot protects it from the snow, the ice, the cold winds and the sun.
Archive 2008-03-01 AYDIN 2008
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Some locations in the Atacama do receive a marine fog known locally as the Camanchaca, providing sufficient moisture for hypolithic algae, lichens and even some cacti.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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