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halophile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
halophile
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such an environment; a form of extremophile

Etymology

From halo- + -phile.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

halophiles (plural)

Derived Forms

halophilic halophilism hyperhalophile thermohalophile

Frequently Paired Words

halobacteria halophil halophyte halotolerance

Synonyms

halophil

Questions

What does halophile mean?
An organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such an environment; a form of extremophile
Where does halophile come from?
From halo- + -phile.

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