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necrotropic

necrotropic is the misspelling of necrotrophic.

Meaning of necrotrophic

Adjective

necrotrophic (comparative more necrotrophic, superlative most necrotrophic)

  1. Describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter.

Questions about necrotropic

What is necrotropic the misspelling of?
Necrotropic is the misspelling of necrotrophic.

Words near necrotropic in the dictionary

  1. necrotroph
  2. necrotrophic
  3. necrotrophically
  4. necrotrophs
  5. necrotrophy
  6. necrotropic
  7. necroulcerative
  8. necrovirus
  9. necroviruses
  10. necrovore
  11. necrozoophilia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: necrotropic (page history and authors); necrotrophic (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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