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THERMOACIDOPHILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thermoacidophile mean?
• THERMOACIDOPHILE (noun)
The noun THERMOACIDOPHILE has 1 sense:
1. archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures
Familiarity information: THERMOACIDOPHILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("thermoacidophile" is a kind of...):
archaebacteria; archaebacterium; archaeobacteria; archeobacteria (considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae)
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