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osmophiles

osmophiles is the plural of osmophile.

Meaning of osmophile

Noun

osmophile (plural osmophiles)

  1. Any organism that is adapted to living in aqueous environments with high solute concentrations (salt, sugar, alcohol), and resisting internal desiccation caused by the osmotic transport of water outside of their cells

Questions about osmophiles

What is osmophiles the plural of?
Osmophiles is the plural of osmophile.

Words near osmophiles in the dictionary

  1. Osmon
  2. Osmond
  3. Osmondthorpe
  4. Osmons
  5. osmophile
  6. osmophiles
  7. osmophilia
  8. osmophilic
  9. osmophily
  10. osmophobia
  11. osmophobic

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