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amathocole (verb), amathocoles; amathocoled; amathocoling

To dwell in sandy places, as in a desert.

A large variety of creatures; for example, scorpions and spiders, are protected against water loss by their thick and hard body coverings that allows them to amathocole successfully in sandy deserts, as in the Mojave Desert of Southern California.

—Source: The Desert, page 70.