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thumb|Schedorhinotermes termites use hydrophilic surfaces on body and wings to attach themselves to plants they colonize.

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  • Molecules
  • Chemicals
  • Liquid chemicals
  • Alcohols
  • Solid chemicals
  • Cyclodextrins
  • Membrane filtration
  • See also
  • References

thumb|Schedorhinotermes termites use hydrophilic surfaces on body and wings to attach themselves to plants they colonize.

A hydrophile is a molecule or other molecular entity that is attracted to water molecules and tends to be dissolved by water.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hydrophile” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.