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“saxicolous”
saxicolous (adjective), more saxicolous, most saxicolous
1. Referring to living in, on, or among rocks: "As a graduate student, Tim studied saxicolous lichens above the tree line in three different parts of the mountains in Colorado."
2. Etymology: from Latin, saxum, "rock" and -colous, "living" or "growing in or on" and it has been traced back to Latin -cola, meaning "inhabitant".
2. Etymology: from Latin, saxum, "rock" and -colous, "living" or "growing in or on" and it has been traced back to Latin -cola, meaning "inhabitant".
Other words with the same suffix were coined in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe the flora and fauna of the world.
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-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous
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saxi-, sax-
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