Polytrophic
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Polytrophic is an adjective meaning (biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way.
Meaning
(biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way.
More Meanings
- (biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary
- (of a lake) Rich in nutrients
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ovaries, polybacterial, multitrophic, pantrophic, polymicrobial, ambivorous.
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