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a combining form meaning “inhabiting” the thing or place specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: nidicolous.
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British Dictionary definitions for -colous
-colous
adj combining form
inhabiting or living onarenicolous
Word Origin for -colous
from Latin -cola inhabitant + -ous; related to colere to inhabit
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