Allotroph

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of heterotroph. rare

    "The ecosystems of the extra-polar high mountains are described as anabolic-allotroph systems, but those of the Antarctic mountains are katabolic autotoph^([sic – meaning autotroph]) systems."

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heterotroph

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"The ecosystems of the extra-polar high mountains are described as anabolic-allotroph systems, but those of the Antarctic mountains are katabolic autotoph^([sic – meaning autotroph]) systems."

Etymology

From allo- + -troph.

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