muscicolousadj.

Brit.

/mʌˈsɪkələs/, U.S.

/məˈsɪkələs/

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin muscicola living in or with moss (1796 (C. H. Persoon) or earlier as specific epithet of fungi; < classical Latin muscus moss n.¹ + colere to inhabit: see -colous comb. form) + -ous suffix.

Ecology.

That lives among or in association with mosses.

ΚΠ

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Muscicolus,..muscicolous.

1914 Jrnl. Ecol. 2 75 Two other common substrata are soil and moss, giving us respectively terricolous and musicicolous lichens.

1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. ii. 19 The muscicolous species of the [beetle] genus Trechus often possess small wings.

1984 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 62 866/1 Leptotus retirugus is muscicolous, and its hyphal features are virtually identical with L. muscigenum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muscicolous
释义	muscicolousadj. Brit. /mʌˈsɪkələs/, U.S. /məˈsɪkələs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin muscicola , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin muscicola living in or with moss (1796 (C. H. Persoon) or earlier as specific epithet of fungi; < classical Latin muscus moss n.¹ + colere to inhabit: see -colous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Ecology. That lives among or in association with mosses. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Muscicolus,..muscicolous. 1914 Jrnl. Ecol. 2 75 Two other common substrata are soil and moss, giving us respectively terricolous and musicicolous lichens. 1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. ii. 19 The muscicolous species of the [beetle] genus Trechus often possess small wings. 1984 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 62 866/1 Leptotus retirugus is muscicolous, and its hyphal features are virtually identical with L. muscigenum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1857
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