aphotic

Speech parts

1. aphotic - Adjective

2. aphotic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight

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Synonyms

misty dun faint dim cloudy dusk darkened clouded gloomy indistinct blackish murky foggy lurid drab
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Antonyms

white strong shining lucid gold apparent
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Anagrams

patchoi picotah

Examples

the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs Source: Internet

Narwhals, being black, hunt in large pods in the aphotic zone, but their underbelly still remains white to remain camouflaged when something is looking directly up or down at them. Source: Internet

Theoretically, some fish eyes can detect light as deep as 1000 m. At these depths of the aphotic zone, the only sources of light are organisms themselves, giving off light through chemical reactions in a process called bioluminescence. Source: Internet

Some biofluorescence in the aphotic zone is merely a byproduct of the organism’s tissue biochemistry and does not have a functional purpose. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

aphorize aphorizer aphosphorosis aphotic zone aphotometric aphototropic