"psychrophile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: psychrophiles [plural]
Etymology: From psychro- + -phile. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|psychro|phile}} psychro- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} psychrophile (plural psychrophiles)
  1. An organism that can live and thrive at temperatures much lower than normal; a form of extremophile. Related terms: thermophile, psychrotrophic Translations (type of organism): psykrofiili (Finnish), ψυχρόφιλος (psychrófilos) (Greek), psicrófilo [masculine] (Portuguese)

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