atsugari

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 暑がり (atsugari, “one who dislikes hot temperature”), from 暑い (atsui, “hot”) + (verb-)がり (gari, “one who dislikes something”, literally “one often shows expression of something”).

Noun

atsugari (uncountable)

1. A Drosophila phenotype that shows a preference for unusually low temperatures.