aerophilous
/ɛːˈrɒfɪləs/adjective
1 Microbiology. Aerobic; aerophilic. rare.
2 Ecology. Especially of diatoms and other algae: tolerating or requiring an environment that is exposed to air; living on land (as opposed to in water); subaerial.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Year-book Treatment 1884. From aero- + -philous.
- prolet-ˈcultist
- prolicidal
- prolicide
- microcrystallinity
- microculture
- microcyclic
- microcyst
- Microcystis
- microcyte
- microcythaemia
- microcythemia
- microcytic
- microcytosis
- microdata
- microdegree
- microdensitometer
- microdermabrasion
- microdetector
- microdiffraction
- microdiffusion
- microdiorite
- microdissect
- microdistribution
- microdomain
- microdont