hyperextremophile

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ extremophile.

Noun

hyperextremophile (plural hyperextremophiles)

1. (biology) An organism that thrives at higher temperatures than typical extremophiles, which in turn thrive at higher temperatures than ordinary life. [from 1990s]
   • 2000, Joseph Seckbach, “Extremophilies as Models for Extraterrestrial Life”, in ASP Conference Series, volume 213, →Bibcode:

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