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Heterotrophic

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Adjective

1. heterotrophic

requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment

Example Sentences:
'most animals are heterotrophic'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Heterotrophic

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adjective
(of organisms, such as animals) obtaining carbon for growth and energy from complex organic compounds
Compare autotrophic

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Heterotrophic

see synonyms of heterotrophic
adjective
obtaining food from organic material only; unable to use inorganic matter to form proteins and carbohydrates
see also autotrophic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Heterotrophic

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n.
An organism that is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition because it cannot synthesize its own food.

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