adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Obtaining nutrition, as most animals, by the ingestion of organic matter.

Adjective

1. 1
   obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter wordnet

Synonyms

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heterotrophicingestive

Antonyms

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holophyticsaprotrophicsaprozoic

Etymology

From holo- + -zoic.