Usually means: Lover of sandy or gritty environments.
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  2. psammophile: Collins English Dictionary
  3. psammophile: Wordnik
  4. psammophile: Wiktionary
  5. psammophile: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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▸ noun:  (botany) An arenophile, a sand-loving organism.

Similar:
psammophyte, psammohalophyte, arenophile, saprophile, psammophore, amphophile, anthophile, epipsammon, halophobe, botanophilist, more...

Opposite:
xerophilous, hygrophyte, hydrophyte

Types:
sand cat, sand dune cat, sand dune dweller, sand-dwelling cat, more...

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Similar:
psammophyte, psammohalophyte, arenophile, saprophile, psammophore, amphophile, anthophile, epipsammon, halophobe, botanophilist, more...

Opposite:
xerophilous, hygrophyte, hydrophyte

Types:
sand cat, sand dune cat, sand dune dweller, sand-dwelling cat, more...



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