Holozoic

adj

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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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heterotrophicheterotrophic

Etymology

From holo- + -zoic.

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