| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| terricolous |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ter·ric·o·lous |
| PRONUNCIATION: | t -r k -l s |
| ADJECTIVE: | Living on or in the ground: terricolous worms. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin terricola, earth-dweller : terra, earth; see ters- in Appendix I + -cola, -colous.
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