heterotroph

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

hetero- + -troph

[edit] Noun

heterotroph (plural heterotrophs)

  1. (ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

organism

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