Nov. 22nd, 2019

rupestral

Nov. 22nd, 2019 08:00 am
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rupestral (roo-PEST-ruhl) - adj., composed of, inscribed on, or growing on rock.


Rupestral bison in a cave in Spain
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Also, certain ferns. A slightly more common synonym is rupestrian, but I don't like it as much. Appears in English in 1809, taken from New Latin rupestris, coined from Latin rupes, rock.

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