-colous

a combining form meaning “inhabiting” the thing or place specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: nidicolous.

Origin of -colous

< Latin -col(a), combining form representing colere to inhabit (cf. colonus) + -ous

Words nearby -colous

-clisis, -coccal, -coccus, -coel, -coele, -colous, -core, -corn, -cosm, -cracy, -crat

British Dictionary definitions for -colous

-colous

adj combining form

inhabiting or living on arenicolous

Word Origin for -colous

from Latin -cola inhabitant + -ous; related to colere to inhabit