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photoheterotroph

photoheterotroph noun: a heterotrophic organism that uses light for energy but cannot use carbon dioxide as its sole carbon source and thus uses organic compounds from the environment.

Noun

photoheterotroph (plural photoheterotrophs)

  1. A heterotrophic organism that uses light for energy but cannot use carbon dioxide as its sole carbon source and thus uses organic compounds from the environment.

Forms of photoheterotroph

pluralphotoheterotrophs

Origin of photoheterotroph

From photo- + heterotroph.

Questions about photoheterotroph

What does photoheterotroph mean?
Photoheterotroph means a heterotrophic organism that uses light for energy but cannot use carbon dioxide as its sole carbon source and thus uses organic compounds from the environment.
What part of speech is photoheterotroph?
Photoheterotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of photoheterotroph?
The plural of photoheterotroph is photoheterotrophs.

Words near photoheterotroph in the dictionary

  1. photoheliography
  2. photoheliometer
  3. photoheliometers
  4. photohemolysis
  5. photohemolytic
  6. photoheterotroph
  7. photoheterotrophic
  8. photoheterotrophically
  9. photoheterotrophs
  10. photoheterotrophy
  11. photohole

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