English Explanatory Dictionary

extremophile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many organisms that live under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, salinity, etc; many are autotrophs; some are commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.

Word forms

extremophile extremophiles

Etymology

From extreme + -o- + -phile.

Derived words

extremophilic hyperextremophile
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