geophile

English

Etymology

From geo- +‎ -phile.

Noun

geophile (plural geophiles)

1. An organism that lives or thrives in soil.
   • 2014, John Dighton, Interactions in Soil: Promoting Plant Growth, page 43:

     Thus, temporal inactive geophiles, such as the caterpillars of many butterfly species, only bury in the ground for nymphosis; even so they constitute an important food source for other edaphic species.

Related terms

• geophilic

Anagrams

• egophile