saxicoline Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective growing on or living among rocks
    saxicolous; saxatile.

WordNet

Sax*ic"o*line adjective
Etymology
L. saxum a rock + colere to inhabit.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.

Webster 1913