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Noun halophil has 1 sense
  1. halophile, halophil - archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival
    --1 is a kind of archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria
    --1 has particulars: halobacteria, halobacterium, halobacter

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Halophil

Noun:

A halophile, a microorganism that thrives in environments with high salt concentrations.

Example sentence: The Dead Sea is famous for its vast population of halophiles.

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Adjective:

Describing an organism or environment that requires high salt concentrations to survive.

Example sentence: The halophil bacteria can only be found in salt ponds.

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Adverb:

In a manner or way related to halophiles or high salt concentrations.

Example sentence: The microbe laboratory studied the bacteria halophil, which grows optimally in high-salt conditions.

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