| 单词 | sapropelic |
| 释义 | sapro- or before a vowel sapr- /sap-r(ō)-, -r(ə)- or -r(o)-/combining form
ORIGIN: Gr sapros rotten sapraemia /sap-rēˈmi-ə/ noun (Gr haima blood) blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins of saprophytic bacteria in the blood sapraeˈmic adjective saprobe /sapˈrōb/ noun (Gr bios life) an organism living in foul water saprobiotˈic adjective Feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals saprogenic /-jenˈik/ or saprogenous /sə-projˈi-nəs/ adjective
saprolegnia /-legˈni-ə/ noun (Gr legnon border) any fungus of the genus Saprolegnia, one species of which grows on diseased salmon and was formerly thought to be the cause of the disease sapˈrolite noun (Gr lithos stone) a soft, partially decomposed rock that has remained in its original site sapˈropel /-pel/ noun (Gr pēlos clay, mud) slimy sediment laid down in water, largely organic in origin sapropelˈic adjective Relating to, living in, or derived from, sapropel sapropelˈite noun Coal formed from sapropel saprophˈagous adjective (see -phagous under phag-) feeding on decaying organic matter sapˈrophyte /-fīt/ noun (see -phyte under phyt-) a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter saprophytic /-fitˈik/ adjective saprophytˈically adverb sapˈrophȳtism noun sapˈrotroph noun (Gr trophē food) an organism living on dead or decaying organic matter saprotrophˈic adjective saprozōˈic adjective (Gr zōion an animal) feeding on dead or decaying organic material |
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