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photophobic

photophobic adjective: that thrives at a relatively low light level.

Adjective

photophobic (comparative more photophobic, superlative most photophobic)

  1. That thrives at a relatively low light level.
  2. of, relating to, or exhibiting photophobia.
    • The maggots are photophobic: light drives them into the deepest corners of the wound, which is where they need to be.2009, Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood, Virago Press (2020), page 432

photophobic meaning in Tamil

photophobic in Tamil

ஒளி தவிர்க்கின்ற, ஒளியை வெறுக்கின்ற

Forms of photophobic

comparativemore photophobic
superlativemost photophobic

Origin of photophobic

From photo- + -phobic.

Words formed from photophobic

Questions about photophobic

What does photophobic mean?
Photophobic means that thrives at a relatively low light level.
What is photophobic in Tamil?
Photophobic in Tamil is ஒளி தவிர்க்கின்ற, ஒளியை வெறுக்கின்ற. See Photophobic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photophobic?
Photophobic is an adjective.

Words near photophobic in the dictionary

  1. photophilous
  2. photophobe
  3. photophobes
  4. photophobia
  5. photophobias
  6. photophobic
  7. photophobically
  8. photophobicity
  9. photophobism
  10. photophobotactic
  11. photophobotaxis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photophobic (page history and authors); photophobic (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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