-cole, -cola, -coles, -colid, -coline, -colous +
(Latin: to inhabit, to live in, on, or among; to dwell; living among, dwelling in)
Suffixes that refer to the location, or habit, of growth. Used primarily in botanical and biological terminology to denote a plant or organism; having or characterized by a habitat as specified by the combining root.
avicole, avicolous
Living as parasites on birds.
bryocole, bryocolous
Living on or in moss.
cadavericole, cadavericolous
Inhabiting dead bodies; also used to refer to organisms feeding on dead bodies or carrion.
calcicole, calcicolous
Living in environments rich in calcium, in limestone, or in chalky soil.
calcosaxicole, calcosaxicolous
Inhabiting rocky limestone.
caulicola, caulicolous
Dwelling on stems, applied particularly to parasitic fungi.
cavernicole, cavernicolous
1. Living in subterranean caves or passages.
2. Inhabiting caverns or caves.
cellicola, cellicolous
Living in cells or cavities; intracellular; primarily a reference to parasites.
colonists
1. A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant land but remain subject to or closely connected with the parent country.
2. A group of people with the same ethnic origin or interests concentrated in a particular area.
3. A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together.
4. Etymology: citizens of an "ancient Roman settlement outside Italy", from Latin colonia, "settled land, farm, landed estate"; from colonus, "husbandman, tenant farmer, settler in a new land"; from colere, "to inhabit, to cultivate, to frequent, to practice, to tend, to guard, to respect"; source of Latin -cola, "inhabitant".
corticicole, corticicolous
Growing on bark. Sometimes these are incorrectly spelled, corticole, corticolous.
crenicole, crenicolous
Living or dwelling in spring-fed brooks.
crinicole, crinicolous
Living or growing on hair.
culmicola, culmicolous
Growing on the stems of grasses.
cysticole, cysticolous
Inhabiting a cyst. [A thin-walled hollow organ or cavity in an animal body (or plant) containing a liquid secretion; a bladder, sac, vesicle].
dendrocole, dendrocolous
Living in or growing on trees.
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Related life, live-word units:
anima-;
bio-;
vita-;
viva-.
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