limicolous

[lahy-mik-uh-luhs]

adjective

1. dwelling in mud or muddy regions.

limicolous

/ laɪˈmɪkələs /

adjective

1. (of certain animals) living in mud or muddy regions

Word History and Origins

Origin of limicolous¹

1885–90; < Late Latin līmicol ( a ) mud-dweller + -ous; lime ², -colous

Example Sentences

First off, he wanted the committee to know that "Ed Terry, who has been so free with his wild, hazy, vicious and traitorous hallucinations" was nothing but a "modern Benedict Arnold" and a "contemptible, pusillanimous, limicolous"* liar.

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It is therefore obviously much thicker than the clitellum in the limicolous forms.

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