-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.

umbraticolous (adjective), more umbraticolous, most umbraticolous
1. Pertaining to creatures that prefer to live in areas where there is no direct light from the sun.
2. Etymology: from Latin umbraticola; from umbra, "shade" + colere, "to inhabit".
urbicole (verb), urbicoles; urbicoled; urbicoling: city
Living primarily in cities; such as, pigeons, sparrows, etc. often do.
urbicoline (adjective), more urbicoline, most urbicoline
urbicolous (adjective), more urbicolous, most urbicolous
vaginicole (verb), vaginicoles; vaginicoled; vaginicoling
Living in secreted sheaths or cases.
vaginicoline (adjective), more vaginicoline, most vaginicoline
viginicoline (adjective), more viginicoline, most viginicoline
viginicolous (adjective), more viginicolous, most viginicolous
viticole (verb), viticoles; viticoled; viticoling: vines
Living or growing on vines.
viticoline (adjective), more viticoline, most viticoline
viticolous (adjective), more viticolous, most viticolous
xerocole (verb), xerocoles; xerocoled; xerocoling: desert
1. Adapting to living in the desert: "The main challenges to xerocoling is that animals must be able to survive with minimal amounts of water and be able to endure extreme heat."

"Some creatures are so adept at xerocoling moisture, or obtaining it from food, that it isn't necessary for them to drink anything."

2. Moving around in the desert: "In order to escape the desert heat, many creatures xerocole mostly at dawn and at night."
2. Etymology: from Greek xeros, "dry"; and Latin colere,"to inhabit" or "to live".
xerocoline (adjective), more xerocoline, most xerocoline
A biological species that thrives in a dry habitat.
xerocolous (adjective), more xerocolous, most xerocolous
Signifying plants or animals living within dry conditions.
xerohylocole (verb), xerohylocoles; xerohylocoled; xerohylocoling: dry forests
Inhabiting dry forests.

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-.