bathophilous

English

Etymology

From batho- +‎ -philous.

Adjective

bathophilous (not comparable)

1. (biology) Synonym of bathyphilic
   • 2013, A. Vandel, Biospeleology: The Biology of Cavernicolous Animals, page 232:

     This family, as noted above, contains a majority of bathophilous species, although rare littoral forms belonging to it have been described.