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autotroph

UK/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)tɹəʊf/US/ˈɔtəˌtɹoʊf/

autotroph noun: any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.

Noun

autotroph (plural autotrophs)

  1. Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
    • It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally...2013 March, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83
    Synonyms:
    producer

autotroph meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese

autotroph in Tamil

சுய உட்டம், சுயஜீவி தன் உணவாக்கிகள்

autotroph in Indonesian

organism that can synthesize its food
autotrof

autotroph in Vietnamese

organism that can synthesize its food
sinh vật tự dưỡng

Synonyms of autotroph

Forms of autotroph

pluralautotrophs

Origin of autotroph

From auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)).

Words formed from autotroph

Questions about autotroph

What does autotroph mean?
Autotroph means any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
What is autotroph in Tamil?
Autotroph in Tamil is சுய உட்டம், சுயஜீவி தன் உணவாக்கிகள். See Autotroph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is autotroph?
Autotroph is a noun.
How do you pronounce autotroph?
Autotroph is pronounced /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)tɹəʊf/ (UK).
What is the plural of autotroph?
The plural of autotroph is autotrophs.

Words near autotroph in the dictionary

  1. autotrepanation
  2. autotriggering
  3. autotriploid
  4. autotriploids
  5. autotriploidy
  6. autotroph
  7. autotrophic
  8. autotrophical
  9. autotrophically
  10. autotrophies
  11. autotrophism

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