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psychrophile

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
psychrophile /ˈsʌɪkrə(ʊ)fʌɪl/

▶noun Biology an organism that grows best at temperatures close to freezing.

– derivatives
psychrophilic adjective.

– origin 1920s: from Gk psukhros ‘cold’ + -phile.

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