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heterotroph

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. heterotroph (noun)
  2. heterotrophic (adjective)
  3. heterotroph hypothesis (noun)

het·ero·troph

noun \ˈhe-tə-rə-ˌtrōf, -ˌträf\

Definition of HETEROTROPH

: a heterotrophic individual
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First Known Use of HETEROTROPH

circa 1900

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