saxicolus

== Latin == === Etymology === From saxum (“stone, wall”) + colō (“to inhabit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sakˈsɪ.kɔ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sakˈsiː.ko.lus] === Adjective === saxicolus (feminine saxicola, neuter saxicolum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin) stone-dwelling, wall-dwelling ==== 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.