heterometatrophic

adjective

het·​ero·​metatrophic

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: requiring complex organic sources of carbon and nitrogen for metabolism compare holozoic

Word History

Etymology

heter- + metatrophic

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Rhymes for heterometatrophic

• amyotrophic
• oligotrophic
• autotrophic
• hypertrophic
• neurotrophic
• eutrophic
• trophic