Epigene (Gr. epi, 'upon,' gennaō, 'I produce'), a term applied to those geological agents of change which affect chiefly the superficial portions of the earth's crust, as the atmosphere, water, plants, and animals. See GEOLOGY.
Epigene
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 399
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