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heterotroph

het·er·o·troph
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-er-uh-trof, -trohf]
    • /ˈhɛt ər əˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-er-uh-trof, -trohf]
    • /ˈhɛt ər əˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf/

Definitions of heterotroph word

  • noun heterotroph Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food. 1
  • noun heterotroph An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. 1
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Origin of heterotroph

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; hetero- + -troph

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Parts of speech for Heterotroph

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Heterotroph

heterotroph popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

heterotroph usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • autotroph

    any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.

  • mixotroph

    any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
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