situated, living, or operating below the surface of the earth
2.
existing or operating in concealment
Derived forms
subterraneanly (ˌsubterˈraneanly) or subterraneously (ˌsubterˈraneously)
adverb
Word origin
C17: from Latin subterrāneus, from sub- + terra earth
Examples of 'subterraneous' in a sentence
subterraneous
We worked in a rice crop flooded with subterraneous water.
Cecilia Isabel Sánchez, Silvia Mercedes Benintende, María Cristina Benintende 2007, 'Comunidad de cianobacterias durante el ciclo de cultivo de arroz: Oriza sativa L.Cyanobacteria during a rice (Oriza sativa L.) crop cycle', Ciencia del Suelohttp://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1850-20672007000100001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)