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pyrophiles

pyrophiles is the plural of pyrophile.

Meaning of pyrophile

Noun

pyrophile (plural pyrophiles)

  1. An organism that thrives in the presence of fire.
  2. (dated, rare) A person who accepts that the energy of volcanos originates from the heat of the Earth's interior.
  3. A pyromaniac.

Questions about pyrophiles

What is pyrophiles the plural of?
Pyrophiles is the plural of pyrophile.

Words near pyrophiles in the dictionary

  1. pyropheophorbide
  2. pyropheophorbides
  3. pyropheophytin
  4. pyropheophytins
  5. pyrophile
  6. pyrophiles
  7. pyrophilia
  8. pyrophilous
  9. pyrophobe
  10. pyrophobes
  11. pyrophobia

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