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Definition of Rupicolous
1. Adjective. Composed of or inscribed on rock. "Rupestral drawings in the caves of Northern Spain"
Definition of Rupicolous
1. Adjective. (zoology) Dwelling among the rocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rupicolous
Literary usage of Rupicolous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1879)
"... McNab showed some beautifully executed coloured drawings by the late Mr.
Stewart, of Edinburgh, for Mr. Jenner, of that city, of certain rupicolous ..."
2. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1880)
"... and in other forms or colors in many other corticolous and rupicolous species.
The food of Lichens is not confined to the gaseous elements, ..."
3. The Origin of Plant Structures by Self-adaptation to the Environment by George Henslow (1895)
"... and he remarks as a coincidence that the two species S. stellatum and S.
tuberosum, which are not rupicolous in France, but inhabit wet places, ..."
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