Hydrophile

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any hydrophilic substance.
  2. 2
    Any organism that thrives in the presence of water.

    "Hydrophiles usually retain flight capability because they must recolonize unstable habitats."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Hydrophilic.

    "lt is difficult to produce an absolutely non-irritant vaseline. Lanolin (wool fat) is indeed clear and smooth but it is neither very hydrophile nor neutral, so that it cannot be mixed with basic substances such as zinc oxide without saponifying."

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"Hydrophiles usually retain flight capability because they must recolonize unstable habitats."

Etymology

From hydro- + -phile.

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