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aphotic

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a·pho·tic  (-ftk)
adj.
1. Having no light.
2. Of or relating to the region of a body of water that is not reached by sunlight and in which photosynthesis is unable to occur.
aphotic  (-ftk)
1. Having no light.
2. Relating to the region of a body of water that is not reached by sunlight and in which photosynthesis is unable to occur. Compare photic.
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Adj.1.aphotic - lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight; "the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs"
dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
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