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heterotopy |
heterotricha |
heterotrichales |
heterotropal |
heterotroph |
heterotrophic
| heterotropous
| heterozygosity
| heterozygous
| heth
| hething
heterotrophic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective heterotrophic has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heterotrophic, adj. Biol. deriving its nourishment and carbon requirements from organic substances; not autotrophic.
Etymology
HETERO- + Gk trophos feeder
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