halophilen.adj.
/ˈhaləʊfʌɪl/ Medicine.
A. n.
1. A name given by Berzelius to the extractives of the urine.
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1846 G. Bird Urinary Deposits (ed. 2) iii. 73 Berzelius has..described such a yellow colouring matter under the name of halophyle.
1886 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
2. Ecology. An organism which grows in or can tolerate saline conditions.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun]
colonist1839
benthos1891
land form1897
heterotroph1900
autotroph1901
epibenthos1902
specialist1902
microaerophile1903
nitrifier1903
consumer1904
nitrogen fixer1904
producer1904
indicator1906
psychrophile1906
thermophil1909
sulphuretum1925
influent1926
halobiont1928
halophile1928
mesophile1928
oligosaprobe1931
saprobe1932
eurytope1938
stenotope1938
photoautotroph1939
chemoautotroph1943
prototroph1946
mixotrophy1948
chemolithoautotroph1949
auxotroph1950
chemoheterotroph1951
chemoorganotroph1953
chemolithotroph1955
chemotroph1958
osmophile1961
psychrotroph1963
saprotroph1963
generalist1964
opportunist1967
cryophile1970
1928 K. E. Carpenter Life Inland Waters ix. 229 These ‘halophiles’ are true freshwater species endowed with powers of resistance.
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. xiii. 196 The Pogoninae are for the most part halophiles.
1966 T. D. Brock Princ. Microbial Ecol. iii. 47 Halophiles are in ionic equilibrium with their environment.
B. adj. Ecology.
Growing in or tolerating saline conditions.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > living or growing in sea
halophilous1888
thalassophilous1891
halobiotic1909
halophile1909
halophilic1919
halobiontic1928
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Halophile.
1961 Times Rev. Industry June 82/1 A gradual increase of the halophile (or, better, salt-resisting) plants..at the fringe of the oasis and the great desert beyond.
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n.adj.1846