heterotroph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An organism which requires an external supply of energy and nutrients under the form of food containing organic carbon as it cannot synthesize its own.

/ˈhɛt(ə)ɹə(ʊ)tɹəʊf/ /hɛt(ə)ɹə(ʊ)ˈtɹɒf/ /ˈhɛtəɹəˌtɹoʊf/ /-ˌtɹɒf/

heterotroph heterotrophs

From hetero- (“other”) + -troph (“nutrition”).

consumer

chemoheterotroph heterotrophic heterotrophy lithoheterotroph microheterotroph myco-heterotroph organoheterotroph photoheterotroph

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