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exotrophic

exotrophic adjective: that feeds on other organisms.

Adjective

exotrophic (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on other organisms
    • Colors of taxa labels represent the reproductive modes: blue, terrestrial foam-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles; orange, terrestrial gel-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles; green, terrestrial direct-developing, endotrophic tadpoles; cyan, aquatic gel-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles.2016 January 21, “Frankixalus, a New Rhacophorid Genus of Tree Hole Breeding Frogs with Oophagous Tadpoles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of exotrophic

From exo- + trophic.

Questions about exotrophic

What does exotrophic mean?
Exotrophic means that feeds on other organisms.
What part of speech is exotrophic?
Exotrophic is an adjective.

Words near exotrophic in the dictionary

  1. exotrauma
  2. exotraumas
  3. exotrojan
  4. exotrope
  5. exotropes
  6. exotrophic
  7. exotrophy
  8. exotropia
  9. exotropias
  10. exotropic
  11. exotropism

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