-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.

xerocole, xeroline, xerocolous

Living in dry conditions.

zoocole, zoocoline, zoocolous

Living on animals; such as, fleas and/or ticks.

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Related life, live-word units: anima-; bio-; vita-; viva-.

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-cole, -cola, -coles, -colid, -coline, -colous +

(Latin: to inhabit, to live in, on, or among; to dwell; living among, dwelling in)

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