humicolous

[ hyoo-mik-uh-luhs or, often, yoo- ]

adjectiveBiology.
  1. of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.

Origin of humicolous

1
<Latin hum(us) earth (see humus) + -i- + -colous

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