Usually means: Controls internal water and solutes.
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  1. osmoregulator: Merriam-Webster
  2. osmoregulator: Wiktionary
  3. osmoregulator: Dictionary.com
  4. Osmoregulator: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Osmoregulator: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. osmoregulator: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Osmoregulator: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (osmoregulator)

▸ noun:  Any organism that practices osmoregulation

Similar:
thermoregulator, xerotherm, invertivore, exudativore, ectotherm, limnivore, ovulator, cursorialist, oreosomatid, omalogyrid, more...

Opposite:
osmoconformer, stenohaline, euryhaline

Types:
hypoosmotic, isoosmotic, hyperosmotic, more...

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Similar:
thermoregulator, xerotherm, invertivore, exudativore, ectotherm, limnivore, ovulator, cursorialist, oreosomatid, omalogyrid, more...

Opposite:
osmoconformer, stenohaline, euryhaline

Types:
hypoosmotic, isoosmotic, hyperosmotic, more...



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