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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| rupicolous |
| SYLLABICATION: | ru·pic·o·lous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -p k  -ls |
| ADJECTIVE: | Thriving among or inhabiting rocks. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Latin r p s, rock (from ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break; see reup- in Appendix I) + –colous.
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