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polytrophic

polytrophic adjective: of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way.

Adjective

polytrophic (not comparable)

  1. Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
  2. Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary
  3. Rich in nutrients

Origin of polytrophic

From poly- + -trophic.

Questions about polytrophic

What does polytrophic mean?
Polytrophic means of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way.
What part of speech is polytrophic?
Polytrophic is an adjective.

Words near polytrophic in the dictionary

  1. polytron
  2. polytrons
  3. polytrope
  4. polytropes
  5. polytroph
  6. polytrophic
  7. polytrophs
  8. polytrophy
  9. polytropic
  10. polytropism
  11. polytube

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