hypogean, a.
(hɪpəʊ-, haɪpəʊˈdʒiːən)
[f. L. hypogē-us, ad. Gr. ὑπόγειος underground (f. γῆ earth) + -an. Cf. F. hypogé.]
Existing or growing beneath the surface of the ground; underground.
| 1852 Badham in Fraser's Mag. XLVI. 271 Fabricius minutely describes, as belonging to this hypogean race, a fish about one foot in length. 1855 Mayne Expos. Lex., Hypogeus, applied to certain cotyledons which..remain below the ground during germination: hypogean. 1880 C. & F. Darwin Movem. Pl. 27 The cotyledons are hypogean, or never rise above the ground. 1885 Science 26 June 519/1 In any hypogean insect which continually uses its claws in burrowing, the need of shedding and renewal of these organs is apparent. Ibid., The facts regarding the cicada's hypogean life. |