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photophile

photophile noun: any organism that thrives in bright sunlight.

Noun

photophile (plural photophiles)

  1. Any organism that thrives in bright sunlight.

photophile meaning in Tamil

photophile in Tamil

ஒளிநாடல்

Forms of photophile

pluralphotophiles

Origin of photophile

From photo- + -phile.

Questions about photophile

What does photophile mean?
Photophile means any organism that thrives in bright sunlight.
What is photophile in Tamil?
Photophile in Tamil is ஒளிநாடல். See Photophile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photophile?
Photophile is a noun.
What is the plural of photophile?
The plural of photophile is photophiles.

Words near photophile in the dictionary

  1. photophase
  2. photophases
  3. photophasic
  4. photopheresis
  5. photophil
  6. photophile
  7. photophiles
  8. photophilia
  9. photophilic
  10. photophilous
  11. photophobe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photophile (page history and authors); photophile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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