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English
Etymology
From desert + -colous.
Adjective
deserticolous (comparative more deserticolous, superlative most deserticolous)
- (zoology, botany) Living in a desert.
2013, Eduardo H Rapoport, Areography: Geographical Strategies of Species, page 124:It must be understood that for a deserticolous species the "interpretation" of what a barrier is may be different from that of a jungle species.
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