"polyextremophile" meaning in All languages combined

See polyextremophile on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: polyextremophiles [plural]
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  1. (biology) An organism which can tolerate two or more extreme environmental factors. Related terms: extremophile

Inflected forms

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