Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, living among rocks; rock-inhabiting; rupicoline; rupestrine; in botany, same as
saxicolous . - Specifically, of or pertaining to the Saxicolinæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.
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- adjective
saxicolous
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective growing on or living among rocks
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