thermophile

English

Etymology

From thermo- +‎ -phile.

Noun

thermophile (plural thermophiles)

  1. (biology) An organism that lives and thrives at relatively high temperatures; a form of extremophile; many are members of the Archaea.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

thermophile (plural thermophiles)

  1. (biology) thermophilous, thermophilic

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

thermophile

  1. inflection of thermophil:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.