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lightless

[lahyt-lis] / ˈlaɪt lɪs /








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They can go long periods of time without eating, can live underground in lightless caves and, most importantly, they spin silk.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Much of the deep ocean is vacant, with extremely cold, lightless regions making it difficult for life as we know it to survive.

From Salon May 21, 2025

Today, there are more than 300 species of anglerfish, which makes them the most varied family of vertebrates in the ocean’s lightless zone.

From New York Times May 30, 2024

“At this point we have a lightless lighthouse until the Coast Guard can effect the repairs.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 2, 2023

Either he must go down the hill into the desert lands and lightless cities of the dead, or he must step across the wall back into life, where the formless evil thing waited for him.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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