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corticolous

corticolous adjective: living or growing on bark.

Adjective

corticolous (not comparable)

  1. Living or growing on bark.

Origin of corticolous

From cortex + -colous

Words formed from corticolous

Questions about corticolous

What does corticolous mean?
Corticolous means living or growing on bark.
What part of speech is corticolous?
Corticolous is an adjective.

Words near corticolous in the dictionary

  1. corticoids
  2. corticokinematic
  3. corticole
  4. corticoliberin
  5. corticolimbic
  6. corticolous
  7. corticolously
  8. corticomedial
  9. corticomedullar
  10. corticomedullary
  11. corticomelanotroph

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