trophic
Syllables: troph·ic/ˈtɹɒfɪk/US/ˈtɹɑfɪk/
trophic adjective: of or pertaining to nutrition.
Adjective
trophic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to nutrition.
- Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain.
- Of or pertaining to growth.
trophic meaning in Tamil
trophic in Tamil
- தூண்டும், வளப்பு
Examples of trophic in a sentence
- It is also commonly observed that predators of seabirds ingest high quantities of plastics via trophic transfer.
- Until recently, omnivory (i.e., feeding at multiple trophic levels) was thought to be rare in nature.
- Fish are represented at several trophic levels in aquatic systems, from detritivore and herbivore to carnivore.
Forms of trophic
| alternative form | trophical |
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Origin of trophic
From Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “pertaining to food or nourishment”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “food”).
Words formed from trophic
- autotrophic
- chondrotrophic
- eutrophic
- exotrophic
- heterotrophic
- midtrophic
- myelinotrophic
- nontrophic
- trigeminal trophic syndrome
- trophical
- trophically
- trophic cascade
- trophic cascade theory
- trophic cell
- trophic ecology
- trophic egg
- trophic hormone
- trophicity
- trophic level
- trophic transfer
- trophic ulcer
Phrases with trophic
Words that rhyme with trophic
- catastrophic
- apostrophic
- Ariosophic
- craniosophic
- ectotrophic
- gymnosophic
- historiosophic
- mycotrophic
- neutrosophic
- nontrophic
- oxalotrophic
- pansophic
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Questions about trophic
- What does trophic mean?
- Trophic means of or pertaining to nutrition.
- What is trophic in Tamil?
- Trophic in Tamil is தூண்டும், வளப்பு. See Trophic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is trophic?
- Trophic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce trophic?
- Trophic is pronounced /ˈtɹɒfɪk/ (UK).
Words near trophic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trophic (page history and authors); trophic (Tamil 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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