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Word: Saxicoline
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 19th century: from modern Latin saxicolus (from saxum ‘rock’ + colere ‘inhabit’) + -ine
Definition:
living or growing on or among rocks.
Short Definition:living or growing on or among rocks
Variant Forms:
- saxicolous
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