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| ex·trem·o·phile [ ik strm ə fl ] |
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organism that lives in extreme environment: an organism, especially a microorganism, that thrives in climatic or environmental extremes such as the intense heat of a boiling sulfur pool or the intense cold of Arctic permafrost
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