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halophobic

halophobic adjective: incapable of thriving in a highly saline environment.

Adjective

halophobic (comparative more halophobic, superlative most halophobic)

  1. Incapable of thriving in a highly saline environment.

Forms of halophobic

comparativemore halophobic
superlativemost halophobic

Origin of halophobic

From halo- + -phobic.

Questions about halophobic

What does halophobic mean?
Halophobic means incapable of thriving in a highly saline environment.
What part of speech is halophobic?
Halophobic is an adjective.

Words near halophobic in the dictionary

  1. halophilous
  2. halophils
  3. halophily
  4. halophobe
  5. halophobes
  6. halophobic
  7. halophosphate
  8. halophosphates
  9. halophosphine
  10. halophosphines
  11. halophylic

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