terricole
terricole adjective: ground-dwelling or growing close to the ground.
Adjective
terricole (comparative more terricole, superlative most terricole)
- Ground-dwelling or growing close to the ground.
- Man himself is terricole in habits, with vertical carriage, and walking on two feet.1896, Paul Carus, The Monist - Volume 6, page 36
- The plant from Heald Brow is terricole, occurring on loose sandy calcareous earth about the entrances to rabbit-holes, in a very dry locality, Heald Brow being a dry hill on the scar-limestone.1916, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, page 319
- Synonyms:
- terricolous
Noun
terricole (plural terricoles)
- Any insect that lives on or in the ground, especially one that is flightless.
- The Terricoles are the true Crane Flies, seen in damp meadows in great numbers, especially in the autumn.1863, Cassell's popular natural history - Volumes 3-4, page 247
- Still another subdivision of terricoles consists of species of high alpine habitats with scanty and very short vegetation.1966, Sir Boris Petrovich Uvarov, Grasshoppers and locusts: a handbook of general acridology, page 379
Synonyms of terricole
Forms of terricole
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more terricole |
| superlative | most terricole |
| Noun | |
| plural | terricoles |
Origin of terricole
From Latin terricolus (“ground-dwelling”). Equivalent to Latin terra (“earth”) + -cole.
Questions about terricole
- What does terricole mean?
- Terricole means ground-dwelling or growing close to the ground.
- What part of speech is terricole?
- Terricole can be an adjective or a noun.
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