Usually means: Thrives on or among rocks.
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  1. lithophilous: Merriam-Webster
  2. lithophilous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lithophilous: Wordnik
  4. lithophilous: Wiktionary
  5. lithophilous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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▸ adjective:  (biology) That lives in stony or rocky environments

Similar:
silicophilous, petrophilic, lapidicolous, lithophagous, petrophilous, silicicolous, pelophilous, petricolous, orophilous, hypolithic, more...

Opposite:
hydrophilous, hygrophilous, xerophilous

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Similar:
silicophilous, petrophilic, lapidicolous, lithophagous, petrophilous, silicicolous, pelophilous, petricolous, orophilous, hypolithic, more...

Opposite:
hydrophilous, hygrophilous, xerophilous



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