heterotroph

het·er·o·troph

H0178875 (hĕt′ər-ə-trŏf′, -trōf′)n. An organism that is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition because it cannot synthesize its own food.

het′er·o·troph′ic adj.het′er·o·troph′i·cal·ly adv.het′er·ot′ro·phy (-ə-rŏt′rə-fē) n.

het•er•o•troph

(ˈhɛt ər əˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf)

n. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food. Compare autotroph. [1895–1900] het`er•o•troph′ic, adj.

heterotroph

An organism that obtains food by feeding on other organisms, e.g. animals, fungi.

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Noun

heterotroph - an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutritionorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

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heterótrofo

heterotroph

(hĕt`ərətrōf'), living organism that obtains its energy from carbohydrates and other organic material. All animals and most bacteria and fungi are heterotrophic. In contrast, autotrophsautotroph
, in biology, an organism capable of synthesizing its own organic substances from inorganic compounds. Autotrophs produce their own sugars, lipids, and amino acids using carbon dioxide as a source of carbon, and ammonia or nitrates as a source of nitrogen.
..... Click the link for more information. are organisms that use inorganic substances as energy sources and carbon dioxide as a carbon source.

heterotroph

[′hed·ə·rō‚träf] (biology) An organism that obtains nourishment from the ingestion and breakdown of organic matter.

heterotroph

[het´er-o-trōf″] a heterotrophic organism.

het·er·o·troph

(het'ĕr-ō-trof, -trōf), A microorganism that obtains its carbon, as well as its energy, from organic compounds.
See also: autotroph. [hetero- + G. trophē, nourishment]

heterotroph

(hĕt′ər-ə-trŏf′, -trōf′)n. An organism that is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition because it cannot synthesize its own food.

het′er·o·troph′ic adj.het′er·o·troph′i·cal·ly adv.het′er·ot′ro·phy (-ə-rŏt′rə-fē) n.

het·er·o·troph

(het'ĕr-ō-trōf) A microorganism that obtains its carbon, as well as its energy, from organic compounds.
See also: autotroph[hetero- + G. trophē, nourishment]

heterotroph

an organism dependent on obtaining organic food from the environment because it is unable to synthesize organic material. All animals, fungi, many bacteria, plants without chloroplasts and a few flowering plants (such as insectivorous plants) are heterotrophs, and they obtain almost all their organic material, either directly or indirectly, from the activity of AUTOTROPHS. See HOLOZOIC, SAPROPHYTE, PARASITE.

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noun an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition

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