-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.

amathicolous (adjective), more amathicolous, most amathicolous
Referring to plants or animals, that thrive in sandy places.

Amathicolous lizards have a special adaption for living in deserts of sand. They are hidden by their color and are able to dive and bury themselves instantly in the sand when a road runner or rattlesnake advances too close.

When living in such deserts, the amathicolous lizard has the ability to survive temperatures that rise up to above 100°F.

—Source: The Desert, page 71.
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.
amathocolous (adjective), more amathocolous, most amathocolous
ammocole (verb), ammocoles; ammocoled; ammocoling
Living and growing in sand.
ammocoline (adjective), more ammocolous, most ammocolous
Pertaining to plants that exist in dry sand.
ammocolous (adjective), more ammocolous, most ammocolous
A reference to animals and plants that live and grow in sand.
amnicole (verb), amnicoles; amnicoled; amnicoling
Living on sandy river banks.
amnicolous (adjective), more amnicolous, most amnicolous
ancocole (verb), ancocoles; ancocoled; ancocoling: canyon
Living in canyons.
ancocoline (adjective), more ancocoline, most ancocoline
ancocolous (adjective), more ancocolous, most ancocolous
Pertaining to living in canyons and canyon forests.
androcole (verb), androcoles; androcoled; androcoling: humans
Living in proximity to mankind or humans.
androcoline (adjective), more androcoline, most androcoline
anemocole (verb), anemocoles; anemocoled; anemocoling: windy
Existing in habitats where things are dispersed by wind: "The winds anemocoled plants by blowing pollen around in the grasslands."
anemocoline (adjective), more anemocoline, most anemocoline

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-.