petrous

Senso (Inglese)

1. (not-comparable) Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
2. (not-comparable) Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.

sinonimi

stonelike

rupicolous

rupestral

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: -

In summary

From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).