HETEROTROPH


Meaning of HETEROTROPH in English

/het"euhr euh trof', -trohf'/ , n.

Biol. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food. Cf. autotroph .

[ 1895-1900; HETERO- + -TROPH ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .