acydofil

Polish

Etymology

From Latin acidus + -o- + -fil. First attested in 1904.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.t͡sɨˈdɔ.fil/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔfil
  • Syllabification: a‧cy‧do‧fil

Noun

acydofil m animal

  1. acidophile (an organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile)
    Coordinate terms: acydofil, acydofit, acydofob

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adjective

References

  1. Kosmos: czasopismo Polskiego Towarzystwa Przyrodników imienia Kopernika (in Polish), volume 29, 1904, page 513

Further reading

  • acydofil in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • acydofil in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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