English Explanatory Dictionary

saprobe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material

Word forms

saprobe saprobes

Etymology

From sapro- + -obe.

Synonyms

saprotroph saprobiont

Related words

saprobiotic

Derived words

saprobic
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