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-colous

-colous suffix: having a specified habitat.

Suffix

-colous

  1. Having a specified habitat.

Origin of -colous

From Latin -col(a) (“inhabitor”) + -ous. By surface analysis, -col(e) + -ous.

Questions about -colous

What does -colous mean?
-colous means having a specified habitat.
What part of speech is -colous?
-colous is a suffix.

Words near -colous in the dictionary

  1. -coelous
  2. -coels
  3. -col-
  4. -cole
  5. -coles
  6. -colous
  7. -con
  8. -conazole
  9. -cont-
  10. -conta-
  11. -copter

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