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halophile, n. and a. Med.|ˈhæləʊfaɪl|
[a. F. halophile, f. Gr. ἁλο- salt + ϕίλος loving.]
A. n.
1. A name given by Berzelius to the extractives of the urine.
1844–53G. Bird Urin. Deposits iii. (ed. 4) 103 Berzelius has..described such a yellow colouring matter under the name of halophyle. 1886in Syd. Soc. Lex.
2. Ecol. An organism which grows in or can tolerate saline conditions.
1928K. E. Carpenter Life Inland Waters ix. 229 These ‘halophiles’ are true freshwater species endowed with powers of resistance. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. xiii. 196 The Pogoninae are for the most part halophiles. 1966T. D. Brock Princ. Microbial Ecol. iii. 47 Halophiles are in ionic equilibrium with their environment.
B. adj. Ecol. Growing in or tolerating saline conditions.
1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Halophile. 1961Times 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. |