Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deserticole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-ser-ti-cole
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A desert-dweller; one who is deserticolous.

Example Sentences

"[…] "deserticoles", by virtue of retaining their rainforest life style and repertoire of adaptations (transmuted as "fortuitous adaptations") are masquerading as "deserticoles"."
"Deserticole, inhabits mesic situations with sparse vegetation. […]"
"[…] arboricoles (= dendrobionts), symbionts of ants or termites, deserticoles etc. are habitually even less conspicuous, […] in Israel and the West Bank) are deserticoles."
"[…] the most characteristic deserticole among millipedes is Orthoporus ornatus (Spirostreptida) in the southern US and adjacent parts of Mexico. Both these species are rare except in their native environments (Golovatch and Kime, 2009)."

Inflected Forms

deserticoles (plural)

Questions

What does deserticole mean?: A desert-dweller; one who is deserticolous.

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