cryophilous

English

Adjective

cryophilous (comparative more cryophilous, superlative most cryophilous)

  1. (zoology) Thriving in low temperatures.
    • 2016 January 6, “Vegetation and Climate Change during the Last Deglaciation in the Great Khingan Mountain, Northeastern China”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0146261:
      This warming is also implied by the decreasing percentage of cryophilous pollen taxa like Ericaceae and climbing trend of the δ 18 O curve in other paleoclimate records of the East Asia [10 ,46 ] (Fig 6 ), when the summer insolation is increasing.

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