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Jul. 29, 2015
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saxicoline Audio Pronunciation
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\sak-SIK-uh-lin\
adjective
1. living or growing among rocks.
Quotes
Although possibly in error about the pervasiveness of its habits, Ridgway did make some sound ecological generalizations about the composition of the saxicoline nesting community in which the Violet-green can be found.
-- Fred A. Ryser, Birds of the Great Basin, 1985
Origin
Saxicoline came into English in the late 1800s from the New Latin word saxicola from the Latin roots saxum meaning "rock" and -cola meaning "dweller."
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