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saprobe

saprobe noun: an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.

Noun

saprobe (plural saprobes)

  1. An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material

saprobe meaning in Kannada

saprobe in Kannada

ಕೊಳೆತಿನಿ, ಪೂತಿಭಕ್ಷಕ

Synonyms of saprobe

Forms of saprobe

pluralsaprobes

Origin of saprobe

From sapro- + -obe.

Words formed from saprobe

Questions about saprobe

What does saprobe mean?
Saprobe means an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.
What is saprobe in Kannada?
Saprobe in Kannada is ಕೊಳೆತಿನಿ, ಪೂತಿಭಕ್ಷಕ. See Saprobe meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is saprobe?
Saprobe is a noun.
What is the plural of saprobe?
The plural of saprobe is saprobes.

Words near saprobe in the dictionary

  1. sapric
  2. saprine
  3. saprist
  4. saprists
  5. sapro-
  6. saprobe
  7. saprobes
  8. saprobic
  9. saprobically
  10. saprobicity
  11. saprobiological

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saprobe (page history and authors); saprobe (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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