HETEROTROPHIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment

Example:

most animals are heterotrophic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Antonym:

autotrophic (of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis)

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