terricolous
/tɛˈrɪkələs
/adjective
1 Zoology (Of an animal such as an earthworm) living on the ground or in the soil.The great majority of formicine genera, however, are both terricolous and cocoon-makers.
1.1 Botany (Of a plant, especially a lichen) growing on soil or on the ground.Similarly, some terricolous mosses are confined to calcareous soils in polluted areas, but are more widespread in non-polluted areas....
- The book starts off with an colourful introduction to the pros and cons of the terms terricolous and epigaeous, and an overview of the terricolous lichen vegetation typology in Italy.
- The proposition that tolerance of SO2 by these terricolous mosses depends on metabolic detoxification of dissolved bisulfite was investigated.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin terricola 'earth dweller' (from terra 'earth' + colere 'inhabit') + -ous.
- New Brunswick
- new bug
- new build
- new-built
- Newburgh
- Newburyport
- Newby, Eric
- New Caledonia
- New Caledonian
- New Canadian
- New Carthage
- Newcastle
- Newcastle, 1st Duke of
- Newcastle coal
- Newcastle disease
- New Christian
- New Christian Right
- new chum
- new class
- new-coined
- new collar
- Newcombe, John
- new-come
- New Comedy
- Newcomen, Thomas