anecic

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adjective

Building deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed.

OriginFrench anécique ← Ancient Greek ἀνέχω →
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Meanings

adjectiveanecic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBuilding deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed.

    “... (1) anecic species, which feed on fresh litter from the soil surface and pull it deep into the soil in permanent burrows...”

    2013 February 3, I.M. Lubbers et al., “Greenhouse gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms”, in Nature Climate Change

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀνέχω“to rise up, emerge”
  2. Frenchanécique
  3. Englishanecic

From French anécique, coined by Marcel B. Bouché, French earthworm biologist (1971), from Ancient Greek ἀνέχω (anékhō, “to rise up, emerge”).

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Translations

French anécique
  • anéciqueof earthworms: building deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed
Portuguese anécico
  • anécicoof earthworms: building deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

anecic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anecic

MLA

“anecic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anecic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anecic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anecic.

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