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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight;
- Example: "the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aphotic \A*pho"tic\ ([.a]*f[=o]"t[i^]k), a. [Gr. 'a`fws, 'a`fwtos.] Without light. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aphotic adj 1: lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight; "the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs"