HISTOTROPH


Meaning of HISTOTROPH in English

ˈhistəˌträf, -rȯf noun

or his·to·trophe -rōf

( -s )

Etymology: French histotrophe, from hist- + -trophe (from Greek trophos one that feeds or rears)

: all materials supplied for nutrition of the embryo in viviparous animals from sources other than the maternal bloodstream — compare embryotroph , hemotrophe

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