Hyperextremophile

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An organism that thrives at higher temperatures than typical extremophiles, which in turn thrive at higher temperatures than ordinary life.

    "Prokarya hyperextremophiles thrive at higher levels of temperature and in hypersalinity than the moderate extremophiles."

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"Prokarya hyperextremophiles thrive at higher levels of temperature and in hypersalinity than the moderate extremophiles."

Etymology

From hyper- + extremophile.

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