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alkaliphile

noun

Etymology

From alkali + -phile.

  1. derived from قلي
  2. derived from alcali
  3. borrowed from alcali
  4. suffixed as alkaliphile — “alkali + phile”

Definitions

  1. Any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake

    Any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake; a form of extremophile.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for alkaliphile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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