deserticole

deserticole noun: a desert-dweller; one who is deserticolous.

Noun

deserticole (plural deserticoles)

A desert-dweller; one who is deserticolous.
- […] "deserticoles", by virtue of retaining their rainforest life style and repertoire of adaptations (transmuted as "fortuitous adaptations") are masquerading as "deserticoles".1997, B. Y. Main, Tropical rainforest mygalomorph spiders in the Australian desert: the irony of an adaptive legacy, in Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria
- Deserticole, inhabits mesic situations with sparse vegetation. […]2002, Muhammad Sharif Khan, A Guide to the Snakes of Pakistan

[…] arboricoles (= dendrobionts), symbionts of ants or termites, deserticoles etc. are habitually even less conspicuous, […] in Israel and the West Bank) are deserticoles.2009, S. I. Golovatch, R. D. Kime, “Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review”, in Soil organisms:
[…] the most characteristic deserticole among millipedes is Orthoporus ornatus (Spirostreptida) in the southern US and adjacent parts of Mexico.2013 February 5, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 430:

plural	deserticoles

What does deserticole mean?: Deserticole means a desert-dweller; one who is deserticolous.
How do you use deserticole in a sentence?: […] arboricoles (= dendrobionts), symbionts of ants or termites, deserticoles etc. are habitually even less conspicuous, […] in Israel and the West Bank) are deserticoles.
What part of speech is deserticole?: Deserticole is a noun.
What is the plural of deserticole?: The plural of deserticole is deserticoles.

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