HALOPHILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does halophile mean? 

• HALOPHILE (noun)
  The noun HALOPHILE has 1 sense:

1. archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival

  Familiarity information: HALOPHILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALOPHILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

halophil; halophile

Hypernyms ("halophile" is a kind of...):

archaebacteria; archaebacterium; archaeobacteria; archeobacteria (considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "halophile"):

halobacter; halobacteria; halobacterium (halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats)