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saprotrophy

saprotrophy noun: saprotrophic feeding.

Noun

saprotrophy (uncountable)

  1. saprotrophic feeding

Origin of saprotrophy

From sapro- + -trophy.

Questions about saprotrophy

What does saprotrophy mean?
Saprotrophy means saprotrophic feeding.
What part of speech is saprotrophy?
Saprotrophy is a noun.

Words near saprotrophy in the dictionary

  1. saprotroph
  2. saprotrophic
  3. saprotrophically
  4. saprotrophism
  5. saprotrophs
  6. saprotrophy
  7. saprovore
  8. saprovores
  9. saprovorous
  10. saproxanthin
  11. saproxylic

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