saprotroph
saprotroph noun: an organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients.
Noun
saprotroph (plural saprotrophs)
- An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients.
saprotroph meaning in Tamil and Kannada
saprotroph in Tamil
- மட்கு ஊட்ட உயிரி
saprotroph in Kannada
- ಕೊಳೆಭಕ್ಷಕ
Forms of saprotroph
| plural | saprotrophs |
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Origin of saprotroph
From sapro- + -troph.
Words formed from saprotroph
Questions about saprotroph
- What does saprotroph mean?
- Saprotroph means an organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients.
- What is saprotroph in Tamil?
- Saprotroph in Tamil is மட்கு ஊட்ட உயிரி. See Saprotroph meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is saprotroph?
- Saprotroph is a noun.
- What is the plural of saprotroph?
- The plural of saprotroph is saprotrophs.
Words near saprotroph in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: saprotroph (page history and authors); saprotroph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); saprotroph (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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