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biotroph

biotroph noun: any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive.

Noun

biotroph (plural biotrophs)

  1. Any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive

biotroph meaning in Tamil

biotroph in Tamil

உயிர்த்திசு ஊட்டம்

Forms of biotroph

pluralbiotrophs

Origin of biotroph

From bio- + -troph.

Questions about biotroph

What does biotroph mean?
Biotroph means any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive.
What is biotroph in Tamil?
Biotroph in Tamil is உயிர்த்திசு ஊட்டம். See Biotroph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is biotroph?
Biotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of biotroph?
The plural of biotroph is biotrophs.

Words near biotroph in the dictionary

  1. biotremology
  2. biotribological
  3. biotribology
  4. biotron
  5. biotrons
  6. biotroph
  7. biotrophic
  8. biotrophically
  9. biotrophism
  10. biotrophs
  11. biotrophy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: biotroph (page history and authors); biotroph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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