-colous
1.
a combining form meaning “inhabiting” the thing or place specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words:
nidicolous.
Origin
<
Latin
-col
(
a
), combining form representing
colere
to inhabit (cf.
colonus
) +
-ous
British Dictionary definitions for
-colous
-colous
combining form
1.
inhabiting or living on:
arenicolous
Word Origin
from Latin
-cola
inhabitant +
-ous
; related to
colere
to inhabit