† muscicolineadj.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin muscicolus , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < scientific Latin muscicolus (see muscicolous adj.) + -ine suffix1. Compare earlier muscicolous adj.
Ecology.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).