-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous

(Latin: to inhabit; to live in, to live on, to live among; to dwell; living among, dwelling in; occurring on, occurring in)

Suffixes that refer to the location or an area of growth. Used primarily in botanical and biological terminology to indicate a plant or an organism that is characterized by a habitat or place of existence as indicated by the combining root.

The suffix -cole is derived from Latin colere, "to inhabit, to dwell, to live".

If you want to see more details about a "Source" link under any of the entries in this unit, click on it and you will be taken to the Bibliography of Habitat and Dwelling Environments unit and there you can find the book by scrolling down until you see the TITLE of the book in GREEN.

Don't confuse this -cole, -cola , "inhabit, live in, dwelling in" unit with the following cole-, coleo- (sheath, scabbard, vagina); coll-, col- (neck); collo-, coll- (glue); colo-, col- (colon, large intestine); and colon-, coln- (farm, settlement) units.

nomocolous (adjective), more nomocolous, most nomocolous
Descriptive of animals that thrive in pastures.
noterocole (verb), noterocoles; noterocoled; noterocoling: damp, moist
Inhabiting or living in damp or moist areas.
noterocolent (adjective), more noterocolent, most noterocolent
A reference to being a resident or an inhabitant of damp regions.
noterocolous (adjective), more noterocolous, most noterocolous
Related to growing in or living within damp areas.
oceanocole (verb), oceanocoles; oceanocoled; oceanocoling
Thriving in oceanic habitats.
ochthocole (verb), ochthocoles; ochthocoled; ochthocoling: river bank
Thriving or existing on the banks of rivers or streams.
ombrocole (verb), ombrocoles; ombrocoled; ombrocoling: rain
Existing in habitats that have an abundance of rain.
omnicole (verb), omnicoles; omnicoled; omnicoling: layers, levels
1. Living every where or in all places.
2. Thriving on several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another.
omnicolous (adjective), more omnicolous, most omnicolous
Relating to living on various levels of sediment surfaces or the material to which an organism is attached or upon which it grows.
omnicolously (adverb)
orgadocole (verb), orgadocoles; orgadocoled; orgadocoling: woods, forests
Living in open woodland.
orgadocoline (adjective)
orgadocolous (adjective)
Conveying the ability to thrive in open woodlands.
ornithocoprocole (verb), ornithocoprocoles; ornithocoprocoled; ornithocoprocoling: bird droppings
To thrive in habitats that are rich in bird droppings.
orocole (verb), orocoles; orocoled; orocoling: mountainous areas
To thrive in subalpine, or in mountainous regions.

For more details about plants and animals living together, go to this Habitats for the Living page.

The list of books or the resources that were used to compile the information for this unit are available at this Bibliography of Habitat and Dwelling Environments unit.

You may take a self-scoring quiz over some of the words in this section by clicking on this -cole, -colus quiz to check your word knowledge for this unit or even learn some of the words via this quiz.

Related life, live-word units: anima-; bio-; vita-; viva-.