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rupicolous

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ru⋅pic⋅o⋅lous

  [roo-pik-uh-luhs]
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–adjective
rupestrine.
Origin:
1855–60; < L rūp(ēs) crag + -i- + -colous

ru⋅pes⋅trine

  [roo-pes-trin]
–adjective Biology.
living or growing on or among rocks.
Also, rupicolous.

Origin:
1885–90; < L rūpēs steep cliff, crag + -trine, extracted from lacustrine
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ru·pic·o·lous   (rōō-pĭk'ə-ləs)   
adj.  Thriving among or inhabiting rocks.

[Latin rūpēs, rock (from ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots) + -colous.]
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