-colouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -cola , -ous suffix.

Etymology: Ultimately < classical Latin -cola inhabitant (see -cole comb. form) + -ous suffix; compare also scientific Latin -colus (in e.g. monticolus : see monticolous adj.) and -cola (in e.g. paludicola (see paludicolous adj.); both < classical Latin -cola . Compare -cole comb. form 1.Formations are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent., earliest after classical Latin and post-classical Latin nouns in -cola (see -cole comb. form), e.g. terricolous adj., ruricolous adj. Independent formations (in scientific senses) are found from at least the mid 19th cent., e.g. lichenicolous adj., corticolous adj.

Chiefly Botany and Zoology.

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Forming adjectives designating organisms which grow or live in a particular environment specified by the first element, as cavernicolous adj., nidicolous adj., and terricolous adj.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-colous
释义	-colouscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -cola , -ous suffix. Etymology: Ultimately < classical Latin -cola inhabitant (see -cole comb. form) + -ous suffix; compare also scientific Latin -colus (in e.g. monticolus : see monticolous adj.) and -cola (in e.g. paludicola (see paludicolous adj.); both < classical Latin -cola . Compare -cole comb. form 1.Formations are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent., earliest after classical Latin and post-classical Latin nouns in -cola (see -cole comb. form), e.g. terricolous adj., ruricolous adj. Independent formations (in scientific senses) are found from at least the mid 19th cent., e.g. lichenicolous adj., corticolous adj. Chiefly Botany and Zoology. Categories » Forming adjectives designating organisms which grow or live in a particular environment specified by the first element, as cavernicolous adj., nidicolous adj., and terricolous adj. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form
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