"alkaliphile" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-alkaliphile.wav Forms: alkaliphiles [plural]
Etymology: alkali + -phile Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|alkali|phile}} alkali + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} alkaliphile (plural alkaliphiles)
  1. Any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake; a form of extremophile. Wikipedia link: alkaliphile Synonyms: alkalinophile, alkalophile Derived forms: alkaliphilic, alkaliphily, thermoalkaliphile Translations (organism that thrives in an alkaline environment): alkalifil [masculine] (Polish), alcalófilo [masculine] (Portuguese)

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