Polytrophic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary not-comparable
  3. 3
    Rich in nutrients not-comparable

Etymology

From poly- + -trophic.

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