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Definition of Arenicolous
1. Adjective. Growing or living or burrowing in sand. "Arenicolous worms"
Definition of Arenicolous
1. Adjective. (biology) living or burrowing in sand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arenicolous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arenicolous
Literary usage of Arenicolous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... continue N. as the arenicolous ... of Lower California and Arizona, and the
likewise arenicolous ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"... continue northwards as the arenicolous Lichanura of Lower California and of
similar hot desert-like districts of Arizona ; and the likewise ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"The Boime continue northwards as the arenicolous ... Lower California and of
similar hot desert-like districts of Arizona ; and the likewise arenicolous (. ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"The sand, or arenicolous fauna, comprising the following ants, which prefer to
nest in pure sand: Monomorium minimum, ..."
5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"... toads were very fond of this insect, and he has obtained a great number of
them from the stomachs of these reptiles. Our first division of arenicolous ..."
6. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1891)
"... the tibia; beset with short, stiff, bristle-like hairs, after the manner of
many arenicolous species. The tibial spurs are also better developed. ..."
7. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1867)
"... in limestone more or less pure, and the arenicolous in sandstone more or less
pure, — with exceptions, such as usually happen with locomotive animals. ..."
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