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Arenicolous Saxicolous Sak Sik Uh Lus Ar Uh Nik Uh Luhs Adjective: Inhabiting Growing Rocks Adjective

Front saxicolous /sak-SIK-uh-lus/
arenicolous /ar-uh-NIK-uh-luhs/
Back saxicolous
adjective: Inhabiting or growing among rocks.

arenicolous
adjective: Living, growing, or burrowing in sand.

[From Latin harena/arena (sand) + colere (to inhabit). Earliest documented use: 1851.]

“‘Where have you disappeared to? Where have you been living?’ I asked Tariq. ... ‘Are you trying to tell me that he lives like arenicolous worms?’” - Jamal S. Jumah; The Artistic Visage of Dalia; Xlibris; 2010. 

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