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-colous

American  

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

    nidicolous.
-colous British  

combining form

  1. inhabiting or living on

    arenicolous
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Etymology

Origin of -colous

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

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