aerophile

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noun

Any air-breathing organism.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounaerophile (plural aerophiles)

plural aerophiles

  1. biologyAny air-breathing organism.
  2. One who has an interest in flying.

    Through Chanute, the Wrights gained immediate access to Chanute's own experimentation with gliders, his prolific correspondence with like-minded aerophiles[…]

    2012, Craig S. Harwood, Gary B. Fogel, Quest for Flight, page 68

Origin

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APA

aerophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerophile

MLA

“aerophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerophile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aerophile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerophile.

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