adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to nutrition. not-comparable
2. 2
   Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain. not-comparable
3. 3
   Of or pertaining to growth. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to nutrition wordnet

Example

More examples

"Roughly 90% of energy is lost between trophic levels."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “pertaining to food or nourishment”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “food”).

Related phrases

trophic cascadetrophic cascade theorytrophic celltrophic ecologytrophic eggtrophic hormonetrophic leveltrophic transfertrophic ulcerfood chain

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