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lapidicolous

lapidicolous adjective: that lives around or under rocks or stones.

Adjective

lapidicolous (not comparable)

  1. That lives around or under rocks or stones

Origin of lapidicolous

From Latin lapis, lapid- (“stone”) + Latin -i- (linking vowel used in compound words) + Latin colō, col- (“cultivate; inhabit, dwell”) + -ous.

Questions about lapidicolous

What does lapidicolous mean?
Lapidicolous means that lives around or under rocks or stones.
What part of speech is lapidicolous?
Lapidicolous is an adjective.

Words near lapidicolous in the dictionary

  1. lapides lazuli
  2. lapidescence
  3. lapidescences
  4. lapidescent
  5. Lapidian
  6. lapidicolous
  7. lapidific
  8. lapidification
  9. lapidifications
  10. lapidified
  11. lapidifies

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