Usually means: Lover of flowing or moving water.
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  1. rheophile: Merriam-Webster
  2. rheophile: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rheophile: Wiktionary
  4. rheophile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. Rheophile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. rheophile: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rheophile)

▸ noun:  Any organism that thrives in the presence of running water.

Similar:
rheobiont, potamophile, bathyphile, rhenanid, water-rat, limnofauna, waterfrog, ranid, water rat, rhipidist, more...

Opposite:
limnophile, potamophile, lotic

Types:
eurythermal, stenothermal, psychrophile, mesophile, more...

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Similar:
rheobiont, potamophile, bathyphile, rhenanid, water-rat, limnofauna, waterfrog, ranid, water rat, rhipidist, more...

Opposite:
limnophile, potamophile, lotic

Types:
eurythermal, stenothermal, psychrophile, mesophile, more...



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