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hemibiotroph

hemibiotroph noun: an organism that is parasitic in living tissue for some time and then continues to live in dead tissue.

Noun

hemibiotroph (plural hemibiotrophs)

  1. An organism that is parasitic in living tissue for some time and then continues to live in dead tissue

Forms of hemibiotroph

pluralhemibiotrophs

Origin of hemibiotroph

From hemi- + biotroph.

Words formed from hemibiotroph

Questions about hemibiotroph

What does hemibiotroph mean?
Hemibiotroph means an organism that is parasitic in living tissue for some time and then continues to live in dead tissue.
What part of speech is hemibiotroph?
Hemibiotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of hemibiotroph?
The plural of hemibiotroph is hemibiotrophs.

Words near hemibiotroph in the dictionary

  1. hemiatrophies
  2. hemiatrophy
  3. hemiazygos
  4. hemiballism
  5. hemiballismus
  6. hemibiotroph
  7. hemibiotrophic
  8. hemibiotrophs
  9. hemibiotrophy
  10. hemiblock
  11. hemiblocks

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