English Explanatory Dictionary

psychrophile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

psychrophile psychrophiles

Etymology

From psychro- + -phile.

Related words

thermophile psychrotrophic

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