deserticolous

English

Etymology

From desert +‎ -colous.

Adjective

deserticolous (comparative more deserticolous, superlative most deserticolous)

  1. (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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