symbiotrophicadj.
/ˌsɪmbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfɪk//ˌsɪmbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk/ Ecology.
Obtaining nourishment through symbiosis.
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symbiotic1882
metabiotic1893
mutualistic1893
symbiotrophic1905
parasymbiotic1911
1905 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 2) 358/1.
1974 D. H. Lewis in M. J. Carlile & J. J. Skehel Evol. in Microbial World 386 Chemoheterotrophs, including animals, may derive nutrients in the free-living state (saprotrophic) or following intimate contact with other organisms (symbiotrophic).
1978 Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. B. 87 x. 243 Despite high salinity and acidity an acid sulfate soil harboured N2-fixing symbiotrophic organisms with appreciable efficiency.
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