rupicolous

1. 1.

   composed of or inscribed on rock

   “rupestral drawings in the caves of Northern Spain”

   Synonymsrupestral

Questions about rupicolous

What does rupicolous mean?

rupicolous means "composed of or inscribed on rock".

How many syllables are in rupicolous?

rupicolous has 4 syllables: ru-pi-co-lous. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for rupicolous?

Close synonyms include rupestral. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rupicolous a common word?

rupicolous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.