"thermophile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thermophiles [plural]
Etymology: thermo- + -phile Etymology templates: {{confix|en|thermo|phile}} thermo- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} thermophile (plural thermophiles)
  1. (biology) An organism that lives and thrives at relatively high temperatures; a form of extremophile; many are members of the Archaea. Wikipedia link: thermophile Categories (topical): Biology Hypernyms: extremophile Derived forms: thermophilic, hyperthermophile Related terms: thermophilic Translations (organism that lives and thrives at relative high temperatures): termòfil (Catalan), termofiili (Finnish), thermophile (French), θερμόφιλος (thermófilos) (Greek), termofilo (Italian), termofil (Occitan), termófilo [masculine] (Portuguese), термофил (termofil) [masculine] (Russian), termófilo (Spanish)

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