polyextremophile
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See also: polyextrêmophile
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
polyextremophile (plural polyextremophiles)
- (biology) An organism which can tolerate two or more extreme environmental factors.
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 95:
- Indeed, their ability to survive many different types of extreme qualify them as 'polyextremophiles'.