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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche