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detriticolous

detriticolous adjective: living among detritus.

Adjective

detriticolous (comparative more detriticolous, superlative most detriticolous)

  1. Living among detritus

Forms of detriticolous

comparativemore detriticolous
superlativemost detriticolous

Origin of detriticolous

From detritus + -colous.

Questions about detriticolous

What does detriticolous mean?
Detriticolous means living among detritus.
What part of speech is detriticolous?
Detriticolous is an adjective.

Words near detriticolous in the dictionary

  1. detrita
  2. detrital
  3. detritiation
  4. detritiations
  5. detritic
  6. detriticolous
  7. detrition
  8. detritions
  9. detritivore
  10. detritivores
  11. detritivorous

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