MEANING
An organism adapted to grow well at low temperatures.
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- psychrophilic organism
- psychrophile culture
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A psychrophile grew in the cold water sample.
The expedition searched the ice for psychrophiles.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular psychrophile; plural psychrophiles. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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