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halotolerant

halotolerant adjective: able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.

Adjective

halotolerant (comparative more halotolerant, superlative most halotolerant)

  1. Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment

Noun

halotolerant (plural halotolerants)

  1. Such an organism

Forms of halotolerant

Adjective
comparativemore halotolerant
superlativemost halotolerant
Noun
pluralhalotolerants

Origin of halotolerant

From halo- + tolerant.

Questions about halotolerant

What does halotolerant mean?
Halotolerant means able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
What part of speech is halotolerant?
Halotolerant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near halotolerant in the dictionary

  1. halothane
  2. halothanes
  3. halotherapy
  4. halotolerance
  5. halotolerances
  6. halotolerant
  7. halotolerants
  8. halotrichite
  9. halotropic
  10. halotropism
  11. halotype

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