-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.
Don't confuse this -cole, -cola , "inhabit, live in, dwelling in" unit with the following cole-, coleo- (sheath, scabbard, vagina); coll-, col- (neck); collo-, coll- (glue); colo-, col- (colon, large intestine); and colon-, coln- (farm, settlement) units.
paludicole, paludicoline, paludicolous, paludicola
Living in marshy habitats.
patocole, patocoline, patocolous
A reference to an organism that inhabits the forest litter for only part of its normal life cycle.
pergelicole, pergelicolous
Living in geloid soils that have a crystalloid content below 0.2 parts per thousand.
perhalicole, perhalicolous
Living in haloid soils that have a crystalloid content above 2.0 parts per thousand.
petricole, petricolous
Growing within rock.
petrocole, petrocolous
Living in rocky habitats.
pinicole, pinicolous
Living or growing on pine-trees, or in pine-woods.
piscicole, piscicolous
Living on or within fishes.
planticole, planticolous
A reference to organisms that spend most of their active life on or within plants.
pontohalicole, pontohalicolous
Living or dwelling in salt marshes.
poocole, poocolous
Living in meadows.
potamicole, potamicolous
Living in rivers.
pratinicole, pratinicolous
Living in grassland and meadowlands.
psicole, psicolous
Dwelling in praries or savannahs.
psilicole, psilicolous
Dwelling in prairie or savannah habitats.
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Related life, live-word units:
anima-;
bio-;
vita-;
viva-.
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