Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun halophile

1 sense of halophile

Sense 1
halophile, halophil -- (archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival)
       => archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria -- (considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae)