"autotroph" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)tɹəʊf/ [UK], /ˈɔɾəˌtɹoʊf/ [US] Forms: autotrophs [plural]
Etymology: auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)) Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|αὐτο-||self-}} Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”), {{der|en|grc|τροφή||nourishment}} Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), {{confix|en|auto|troph|pos1=from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">αὐτο-</i> (auto-, “self-”)|pos2=from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">τροφή</i> (trophḗ, “nourishment”)}} auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)) Head templates: {{en-noun}} autotroph (plural autotrophs)
  1. (ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy. Wikipedia link: autotroph Categories (topical): Ecology Synonyms: producer [biology, natural-sciences] Derived forms: autotrophic, autotrophically, autotrophy, chemoautotroph, lithoautotroph, photoautotroph, picoautotroph Coordinate_terms: heterotroph Translations (organism that can synthesize its food): autòtrof [masculine] (Catalan), 自營生物 [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 自营生物 (zìyíng shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 自養生物 [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 自养生物 (zìyǎng shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), autotroof [masculine] (Dutch), tuottaja (Finnish), autotrofi (Finnish), autotrophe [masculine] (French), autotrof (Indonesian), uatrófach [masculine] (Irish), autrofia (Italian), autotrofo [masculine] (Italian), 独立栄養生物 (dokuritsu eiyō seibutsu) (alt: どくりつえいようせいぶつ) (Japanese), автотроф (avtotrof) (Kazakh), ស្វ័យជីព (svai jip) (Khmer), 독립영양생물 (dongnibyeong'yangsaengmul) (alt: 獨立營養生物) (Korean), berhemhêner (Northern Kurdish), autotrof [masculine] (Polish), autótrofo [masculine] (Portuguese), autótrofo [masculine] (Spanish), sinh vật tự dưỡng (alt: 生物自養) (Vietnamese)

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