"heterotroph" meaning in English

See heterotroph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛt(ə)ɹə(ʊ)tɹəʊf/ [UK], /hɛt(ə)ɹə(ʊ)ˈtɹɒf/ [UK], /ˈhɛtəɹəˌtɹoʊf/ [US], /-ˌtɹɒf/ [US] Forms: heterotrophs [plural]
Etymology: From hetero- (“other”) + -troph (“nutrition”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|hetero-|-troph|gloss1=other|gloss2=nutrition}} hetero- (“other”) + -troph (“nutrition”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} heterotroph (plural heterotrophs)
  1. (ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy and nutrients under the form of food containing organic carbon as it cannot synthesize its own. Categories (topical): Ecology Synonyms: consumer [biology, natural-sciences] Derived forms: chemoheterotroph, heterotrophic, heterotrophy, lithoheterotroph, microheterotroph, myco-heterotroph, organoheterotroph, photoheterotroph Coordinate_terms: autotroph Translations (organism): 異營生物 [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 异营生物 (yìyíng shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 異養生物 [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 异养生物 (yìyǎng shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), heterotrofi (Finnish), toisenvarainen (Finnish), kuluttaja (Finnish), hétérotrophe [masculine] (French), heterotrof (Indonesian), heitreatrófach [masculine] (Irish), eterotrofo [masculine] (Italian), 従属栄養生物 (jūzoku eiyō seibutsu) (alt: じゅうぞくえいようせいぶつ) (Japanese), гетеротроф (geterotrof) (Kazakh), 종속영양생물 (jongsogyeong'yangsaengmul) (alt: 從屬營養生物) (Korean), гетеротроф (geterotrof) (Kyrgyz), heterotrof [masculine] (Romanian), heterótrofo [masculine] (Spanish), nutrición heterótrofa (Spanish), sinh vật dị dưỡng (alt: 生物異養) (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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