-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.
herbicole, herbicolous
Living predominantly in herbaceous (plant) habitats.
horticole, horticolous
Living and growing in gardens.
humicole, humicolous
Living on or in the soil.
hydrocole, hydrocolous
1. Living in a water habitat.
2. An animal that lives in a swamp, marsh, or other wet terrestrial habitat.
hygrocole
Organisms (plants and animals) living in moist or damp habitats.
hylacole, hylacolous
Living among trees, or in woodland or forest areas.
hylocole, hylocolous
Living in forests.
lapidicole
Living or dwelling under or among stones; such as, some beetles, etc.
larvicole, larvicolous
Living in the body of larvae or on them.
A larva (singular form), is the stage of development between hatching and the attainment of adult form or maturity of insects.
leimicole, leimicolous
Living in wet meadows or moist grassland.
lichenicole, lichenicolous
Inhabiting lichens.
lignicole, lignicoline, lignicolous
Plants that live on wood.
limicole, limicolous, limicola
Either living on shores or dwelling in mud.
limnicole, limnicolous
Living or dwelling in lakes.
lochmocole, lochmocolous
Living in thickets.
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Related life, live-word units:
anima-;
bio-;
vita-;
viva-.
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