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From Latin lapis, lapid- (“stone”) + Latin -i- (linking vowel used in compound words) + Latin colō, col- (“cultivate; inhabit, dwell”) + -ous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: That lives around or under rocks or stones Full definition →
From Latin lapis, lapid- (“stone”) + Latin -i- (linking vowel used in compound words) + Latin colō, col- (“cultivate; inhabit, dwell”) + -ous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.