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petrophilous

petrophilous adjective: thriving in a rocky environment.

Adjective

petrophilous (comparative more petrophilous, superlative most petrophilous)

  1. Thriving in a rocky environment.

Forms of petrophilous

comparativemore petrophilous
superlativemost petrophilous

Origin of petrophilous

From petro- + -philous.

Questions about petrophilous

What does petrophilous mean?
Petrophilous means thriving in a rocky environment.
What part of speech is petrophilous?
Petrophilous is an adjective.

Words near petrophilous in the dictionary

  1. petropedetid
  2. petropedetids
  3. petrophile
  4. petrophiles
  5. petrophilic
  6. petrophilous
  7. petrophysical
  8. petrophysically
  9. petrophysicist
  10. petrophysicists
  11. petrophysics

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