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The feature of a life form growing in groundwater surroundings: Before reading about phreatophily, Mark certainly didn't realize that there were microscopic creatures that lived in water under the ground, like in the water found in wells.
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philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism
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