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deserticolous

deserticolous adjective: living in a desert.

Adjective

deserticolous (comparative more deserticolous, superlative most deserticolous)

  1. Living in a desert.
    • It must be understood that for a deserticolous species the "interpretation" of what a barrier is may be different from that of a jungle species.2013, Eduardo H Rapoport, Areography: Geographical Strategies of Species, page 124

Forms of deserticolous

comparativemore deserticolous
superlativemost deserticolous

Origin of deserticolous

From desert + -colous.

Questions about deserticolous

What does deserticolous mean?
Deserticolous means living in a desert.
What part of speech is deserticolous?
Deserticolous is an adjective.

Words near deserticolous in the dictionary

  1. desertfuls
  2. desertian
  3. desertic
  4. deserticole
  5. deserticoles
  6. deserticolous
  7. desertification
  8. desertified
  9. desertifies
  10. desertify
  11. desertifying

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