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
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.