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arenicolous

[ ar-uh-nik-uh-luhs ]

adjective

  1. inhabiting sand.


arenicolous

/ ˌæɪˈɪəə /

adjective

  1. growing or living in sand or sandy places

    arenicolous plants

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of arenicolous1

1850–55; < Latin ( h ) ŧ ( a ) ( arena ) + -i- + -colous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of arenicolous1

C19: from Latin hŧa sand + colere to inhabit
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Arenicolous: applied to species frequenting sandy areas.

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In the case before us it is sufficient to refer to the Gelasimus of the mangrove swamps, which shares the same conditions of life with various Grapsoidae and yet does not agree with them, but with the arenicolous Ocypoda.

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