rupicolousadj.

Brit.

/ruːˈpɪkələs/, U.S.

/ruˈpɪkələs/

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

Etymology: < scientific Latin rupicola (1760 as a specific name in zoology, 1805 as a specific epithet in botany), specific use of feminine of post-classical Latin rupicolus (1539 or earlier; < rūpi- , combining form of rūpēs steep rocky cliff, crag (see rupicapra n.) + -colus : see -colous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French rupicole (1789).

Ecology.

Of a plant or animal: growing or living on rocks; = rupicoline adj. Cf. petricolous adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > [adjective] > terrestrial > inhabiting rocks

saxatile1661

petricolous1858

rupicolous1859

rupicoline1877

1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1107/1 Rupicolus, living in or among rocks..: rupicolous.

1867 J. D. Hooker Handbk. N.Z. Flora II. 552 The hypothallus..is present..in other forms or colours, in many other corticolous and rupicolous species.

1908 G. Henslow Heredity Acquired Characters Plants vi. 53 Two other species were not rupicolous, but grow in dry earth.

1999 C. J. Vernon in W. R. J. Dean & S. J. Milton Karoo 62/2 Examples of species with an Afro-montane origin are the rupicolous lizards of the genus Afroedura.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rupicolous
释义	rupicolousadj. Brit. /ruːˈpɪkələs/, U.S. /ruˈpɪkələs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rupicola , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin rupicola (1760 as a specific name in zoology, 1805 as a specific epithet in botany), specific use of feminine of post-classical Latin rupicolus (1539 or earlier; < rūpi- , combining form of rūpēs steep rocky cliff, crag (see rupicapra n.) + -colus : see -colous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French rupicole (1789). Ecology. Of a plant or animal: growing or living on rocks; = rupicoline adj. Cf. petricolous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [adjective] > terrestrial > inhabiting rocks saxatile1661 petricolous1858 rupicolous1859 rupicoline1877 1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1107/1 Rupicolus, living in or among rocks..: rupicolous. 1867 J. D. Hooker Handbk. N.Z. Flora II. 552 The hypothallus..is present..in other forms or colours, in many other corticolous and rupicolous species. 1908 G. Henslow Heredity Acquired Characters Plants vi. 53 Two other species were not rupicolous, but grow in dry earth. 1999 C. J. Vernon in W. R. J. Dean & S. J. Milton Karoo 62/2 Examples of species with an Afro-montane origin are the rupicolous lizards of the genus Afroedura. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1859
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