Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyextremophile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyex-tremophile
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism which can tolerate two or more extreme environmental factors.

Example Sentences

"Indeed, their ability to survive many different types of extreme qualify them as 'polyextremophiles'."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English extreme Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English extremophile English polyextremophile From poly- + extremophile.

Inflected Forms

polyextremophiles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

extremophile

Questions

What does polyextremophile mean?: An organism which can tolerate two or more extreme environmental factors.
Where does polyextremophile come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English extreme Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English extremophile English polyextremophile From poly- + extremophile.

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