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-colous

  1. a combining form meaning “inhabiting” the thing or place specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words:

    nidicolous.



-colous

combining form

  1. inhabiting or living on

    arenicolous



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -colous1

< Latin -col ( a ), combining form representing colere to inhabit ( colonus ) + -ous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -colous1

from Latin -cola inhabitant + -ous ; related to colere to inhabit

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