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HETEROTROPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterotroph mean? 

HETEROTROPH (noun)
  The noun HETEROTROPH has 1 sense:

1. an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutritionplay

  Familiarity information: HETEROTROPH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HETEROTROPH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Hypernyms ("heterotroph" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)


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