psychrophile

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English

Etymology

From psychro- +‎ -phile.

Noun

psychrophile (plural psychrophiles)

  1. An organism that can live and thrive at temperatures much lower than normal; a form of extremophile.

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French

Etymology

psychro- +‎ -phile

Adjective

psychrophile (plural psychrophiles)

  1. (botany) psychrophilous
    Antonym: thermophile

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German

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Adjective

psychrophile

  1. inflection of psychrophil:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

psychrophile

  1. vocative masculine singular of psychrophilus