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

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