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lithotroph

lithotroph noun: an organism that obtains its energy from inorganic compounds (such as ammonia) by means of electron transfer.

Noun

lithotroph (plural lithotrophs)

  1. An organism that obtains its energy from inorganic compounds (such as ammonia) by means of electron transfer.

lithotroph meaning in Kannada

lithotroph in Kannada

ಶಿಲಾಪೋಷಕ

Forms of lithotroph

plurallithotrophs

Origin of lithotroph

From litho- + -troph.

Words formed from lithotroph

Questions about lithotroph

What does lithotroph mean?
Lithotroph means an organism that obtains its energy from inorganic compounds (such as ammonia) by means of electron transfer.
What is lithotroph in Kannada?
Lithotroph in Kannada is ಶಿಲಾಪೋಷಕ. See Lithotroph meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is lithotroph?
Lithotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of lithotroph?
The plural of lithotroph is lithotrophs.

Words near lithotroph in the dictionary

  1. lithotritizes
  2. lithotritizing
  3. lithotritor
  4. lithotritors
  5. lithotrity
  6. lithotroph
  7. lithotrophic
  8. lithotrophically
  9. lithotrophs
  10. lithotrophy
  11. lithotryptor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lithotroph (page history and authors); lithotroph (Kannada 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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