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silicophilous

silicophilous adjective: that lives in an environment rich in silicate rocks.

Adjective

silicophilous (not comparable)

  1. That lives in an environment rich in silicate rocks

Origin of silicophilous

From silico- + -philous.

Questions about silicophilous

What does silicophilous mean?
Silicophilous means that lives in an environment rich in silicate rocks.
What part of speech is silicophilous?
Silicophilous is an adjective.

Words near silicophilous in the dictionary

  1. siliconizing
  2. siliconlike
  3. silicononane
  4. siliconosis
  5. silicons
  6. silicophilous
  7. silicophosphate
  8. silicophosphates
  9. silicoses
  10. silicosiderosis
  11. silicosis

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