aphidicolus

== Latin == === Etymology === From aphid + colō (“to inhabit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.pʰɪˈdɪ.kɔ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.fiˈdiː.ko.lus] === Adjective === aphidicolus (feminine aphidicola, neuter aphidicolum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin) that lives within aphids (often as a symbiont) ==== Usage notes ==== Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective.