Associations to the word «Heterotroph»

Wiktionary

HETEROTROPH, noun. (ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own.

Dictionary definition

HETEROTROPH, noun. An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras