Hydrophile

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.^[1]

In contrast, hydrophobes are not attracted to water and may seem to be repelled by it. Hygroscopics are attracted to water, but are not dissolved by water.

^ Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon Oxford: Clarendon Press.^{[page needed]}

[Liddell_&_Scott-1] Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon Oxford: Clarendon Press.^{[page needed]}

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