het|er|o|troph

het|er|o|troph
het|er|o|troph «HEHT uhr uh trof», noun.
an organism that cannot manufacture its own food, but is dependent upon complex organic substances for nutrition. Animals and some plants, such as fungi, are heterotrophs.

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  • het|er|o|troph|ic — «HEHT uhr uh TROF ihk», adjective. of or having to do with a heterotroph. Heterotrophic plants live as parasites on other plants or on decaying organic matter. ╂[< hetero + Greek troph nourishment + English ic] …   Useful english dictionary

  • het — che·che·het; het·er·aki·dae; het·er·a·kis; het·er·an·drous; het·er·an·gi·um; het·er·an·the·ra; het·er·atomic; het·er·auxesis; het·er·axial; het·er·ism; het·er·i·za·tion; het·ero·agglutinin; het·ero·autotroph; het·ero·autotrophic; het·ero·auxin;… …   English syllables

  • heterotroph — het·er·o·troph …   English syllables

  • heterotroph — het•er•o•troph [[t]ˈhɛt ər əˌtrɒf, ˌtroʊf[/t]] n. ecl an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food Compare autotroph • Etymology: 1895–1900 het er•o•troph′ic, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

  • er — er·i·an·thus; er·ic; er·i·ca; er·i·ca·ce·ae; er·i·cad; er·i·ca·les; er·i·ce·tal; er·i·ce·tic·o·lous; er·i·coid; er·i·co·phyte; erig·er·on; er·i·glos·sa; er·ik·ite; er·i·na·ceous; er·i·na·ceus; er·in·ite; er·i·nose; er·i·o·bot·rya;… …   English syllables

  • heterotrophia — het·ero·tro·phia (het″ər o troґfe ə) [hetero + troph + ia] 1. any disorder or fault of nutrition. 2. a type of nutrition in which organisms derive energy from the oxidation of organic compounds by either consumption or absorption… …   Medical dictionary

  • heterotroph — /het euhr euh trof , trohf /, n. Biol. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food. Cf. autotroph. [1895 1900; HETERO + TROPH] * * * …   Universalium

  • ic — ot·ic; zo·ic; IC; ac·a·dem·ic; ac·ro·bat·ic; ac·ro·me·gal·ic; ac·ro·nar·cot·ic; acryl·ic; adon·ic; ae·ol·ic; aero·stat·ic; al·ca·ic; al·co·hol·ic; al·go·gen·ic; al·pha·nu·mer·ic; al·ta·ic; am·har·ic; am·o·rit·ic; an·al·pha·bet·ic; an·a·lyt·ic;… …   English syllables

  • lous — aceph·a·lous; achlo·ro·phyl·lous; acid·u·lous; acoe·lous; adac·ty·lous; am·moph·i·lous; am·phib·o·lous; am·phi·coe·lous; am·phi·con·dy·lous; an·e·moph·i·lous; an·gu·lous; an·iso·dac·ty·lous; an·iso·phyl·lous; anom·a·lous; anom·a·lous·ly;… …   English syllables

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