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arenicolous

arenicolous adjective: living or burrowing in sand.

Adjective

arenicolous (not comparable)

  1. Living or burrowing in sand.

Origin of arenicolous

From Latin arēna, harēna (“sand”) + -colous.

Questions about arenicolous

What does arenicolous mean?
Arenicolous means living or burrowing in sand.
What part of speech is arenicolous?
Arenicolous is an adjective.

Words near arenicolous in the dictionary

  1. arenicins
  2. arenicolid
  3. arenicolids
  4. arenicolite
  5. arenicolites
  6. arenicolous
  7. arenide
  8. arenides
  9. areniferous
  10. areniform
  11. Arenig

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