rheophile
/ˈriːəfʌɪl/Zoology and Botany
adjective
Of an organism: that inhabits or prefers an environment of (especially rapidly) flowing water. Contrasted with rheophobic.
noun
A rheophile organism. Contrasted with rheophobe.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language. From rheo- + -phile, after either Russian reofil or German rheophil (R. Lauterborn 1902, perhaps independently of Ivanov's use).
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