psychrophile
English
Etymology
Noun
psychrophile (plural psychrophiles)
- An organism that can live and thrive at temperatures much lower than normal; a form of extremophile.
Related terms
- Category:English terms prefixed with psychro-
Translations
type of organism
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See also
- psychrophile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- thermophile
- psychrotrophic
French
Etymology
Adjective
psychrophile (plural psychrophiles)
- (botany) psychrophilous
- Antonym: thermophile
Related terms
Further reading
- Jouy, Alain & De Foucault, Bruno, 2019. Dictionnaire illustré de botanique. Biotope Éditions, Mèze, →ISBN., p. 231.
- “psychrophile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Paronyms
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
psychrophile
- inflection of psychrophil:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Adjective
psychrophile
- vocative masculine singular of psychrophilus