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extremophile

noun

Etymology

From extreme + -o- + -phile.

  1. derived from extrēmus
  2. derived from extreme
  3. formed as extremophile — “extreme + -o- + -phile”

Definitions

  1. Any of many organisms that live under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure,…

    Any of many organisms that live under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, salinity, etc; many are autotrophs; some are commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.

    • They had found the world's first extremophiles – organisms that could live in water that had previously been assumed to be much too hot or acid or choked with sulphur to bear life.
    • Lichens are 'extremophiles', organisms able to live, from our point of view, in other worlds.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA