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heterotrophic

heterotrophic adjective: being a heterotroph.

Adjective

heterotrophic (not comparable)

  1. Being a heterotroph.
  2. Relating to heterotrophy.

heterotrophic meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

heterotrophic in Tamil

பிறபோசணையுள்ள, பரவளரி, வற்றுவளரி, சார்ந்துண்ணும் தன்மைளேள

heterotrophic in Bengali

পরভোজী জীব, পরভোজিতা সংক্রান্ত

heterotrophic in Indonesian

being a heterotroph
heterotrof

Origin of heterotrophic

From hetero- + -trophic.

Words formed from heterotrophic

Questions about heterotrophic

What does heterotrophic mean?
Heterotrophic means being a heterotroph.
What is heterotrophic in Tamil?
Heterotrophic in Tamil is பிறபோசணையுள்ள, பரவளரி, வற்றுவளரி. See Heterotrophic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heterotrophic?
Heterotrophic is an adjective.

Words near heterotrophic in the dictionary

  1. heterotrimers
  2. heterotriplex
  3. heterotriplexes
  4. heterotristyly
  5. heterotroph
  6. heterotrophic
  7. heterotrophically
  8. heterotrophies
  9. heterotrophs
  10. heterotrophy
  11. heterotropia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heterotrophic (page history and authors); heterotrophic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterotrophic (Bengali 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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