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thioautotrophic

thioautotrophic adjective: describing a chemoautotrophic organism that feeds on sulfides.

Adjective

thioautotrophic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a chemoautotrophic organism that feeds on sulfides

Origin of thioautotrophic

From thio- + autotrophic.

Questions about thioautotrophic

What does thioautotrophic mean?
Thioautotrophic means describing a chemoautotrophic organism that feeds on sulfides.
What part of speech is thioautotrophic?
Thioautotrophic is an adjective.

Words near thioautotrophic in the dictionary

  1. thioarsines
  2. thioaryl
  3. thioate
  4. thioates
  5. thioautotroph
  6. thioautotrophic
  7. thioautotrophs
  8. thioazafluoranthene
  9. thioazafluoranthenes
  10. thioazolidinedione
  11. thiobacilli

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