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petrophile

petrophile noun: any organism that thrives in rocky environments.

Noun

petrophile (plural petrophiles)

  1. Any organism that thrives in rocky environments.

Forms of petrophile

pluralpetrophiles

Origin of petrophile

From petro- + -phile.

Questions about petrophile

What does petrophile mean?
Petrophile means any organism that thrives in rocky environments.
What part of speech is petrophile?
Petrophile is a noun.
What is the plural of petrophile?
The plural of petrophile is petrophiles.

Words near petrophile in the dictionary

  1. Petropavlovsk
  2. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
  3. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
  4. petropedetid
  5. petropedetids
  6. petrophile
  7. petrophiles
  8. petrophilic
  9. petrophilous
  10. petrophysical
  11. petrophysically

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