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Pyrophobe

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Translation of "pyrophobe" into Russian

pyrophobe
Noun
raiting
UK
/ˈpaɪərəfəʊb/
US
/ˈpaɪrəfoʊb/
pyrophobe
pyrophobes pl
The pyrophobe avoided campfires and fireworks.
Пирофоб избегал костров и фейерверков.

Definitions

pyrophobe
Noun
raiting
UK
/ˈpaɪərəfəʊb/
US
/ˈpaɪrəfoʊb/
A person who has an irrational fear of fire.
As a pyrophobe, she avoided camping trips that involved campfires.
An organism, species, or ecological community that is not adapted to withstand fire and tends to avoid or be eliminated by fire.
Many rainforest tree species are pyrophobes, suffering high mortality when wildfires encroach on their habitat.

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