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hyperthermophiles

hyperthermophiles is the plural of hyperthermophile.

Meaning of hyperthermophile

Noun

hyperthermophile (plural hyperthermophiles)

  1. An organism that lives and thrives in an extremely hot environment, such as a deep sea smoker vent; often a member of the Archaea.
    • Meanwhile, scientists were finding even hardier microbes, now known as hyperthermophiles, which demand temperatures of 80 degrees Celsius or more.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 208

Questions about hyperthermophiles

What is hyperthermophiles the plural of?
Hyperthermophiles is the plural of hyperthermophile.

Words near hyperthermophiles in the dictionary

  1. hyperthermically
  2. hyperthermoacidophile
  3. hyperthermoacidophiles
  4. hyperthermoacidophilic
  5. hyperthermophile
  6. hyperthermophiles
  7. hyperthermophilia
  8. hyperthermophilic
  9. hyperthermophilicity
  10. hyperthermophily
  11. hyperthermostabilities

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