thermophile

English

Etymology

thermo- +‎ -phile

Noun

thermophile (plural thermophiles)

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

Hypernyms

extremophile

Derived terms

Related terms

thermophilic

Translations

organism that lives and thrives at relative high temperatures

Catalan: termòfil
Finnish: termofiili
French: thermophile (fr)
Greek: θερμόφιλος (el) (thermófilos)

Italian: termofilo
Occitan: termofil
Portuguese: termófilo m
Spanish: termófilo

French

Adjective

thermophile (plural thermophiles)

(biology) thermophilous, thermophilic

German

Adjective

thermophile

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

Latin

Adjective

thermophile

vocative masculine singular of thermophilus

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