osmophile

English

Etymology

From osmo- +‎ -phile.

Noun

osmophile (plural osmophiles)

  1. (biology) Any organism that is adapted to living in aqueous environments with high solute concentrations (salt, sugar, alcohol), and resisting internal desiccation caused by the osmotic transport of water outside of their cells

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