heterotrophic organism
1organism — Synonyms and related words: aerobic organism, an existence, anaerobic organism, anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, autotrophic organism, being, body, build, building, composition, conformation, constitution, construction,… …
2Heterotrophic nutrition — Heterotrophic nutritionAnimals, fungi, many prokaryotes and protoctists are unable to synthesize organic compounds to use as food. They are called heterotrophs.Heterotrophic organisms have to acquire and take in all the organic substances they… …
3heterotrophic — /hɛtəroʊˈtrɒfɪk/ (say hetuhroh trofik), / ˈtroʊfɪk/ (say trohfik) adjective (of an organism) dependent upon an external source of organic compounds as a means of obtaining energy, as animals, fungi and a few flowering plants. Compare autotrophic …
4being — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, actual, actuality, aerobic organism, an existence, anaerobic organism, as, as is, as long as, autotrophic organism, body, bones, bosom, breast, cat, cause, chap, character, considering, contemporaneous,… …
5creature — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Charlie McCarthy, adherent, aerobic organism, agent, an existence, anaerobic organism, ancilla, animal, apple polisher, appliance, artifact, ass licker, autotrophic organism, backscratcher, backslapper, beast …
6individual — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, a certain, absolute, aerobic organism, an, an existence, anaerobic organism, any, any one, article, atomic, autotrophic organism, being, body, cat, certain, chap, character, characteristic, concrete,… …
7living being — Synonyms and related words: aerobic organism, anaerobic organism, animal, autotrophic organism, beast, being, brute, creature, creeping thing, critter, dumb animal, dumb friend, genetic individual, heterotrophic organism, individual, living thing …
8microbe — Synonyms and related words: adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, aerobic organism, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, anaerobic organism, autotrophic organism, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, being, bug, coccus, creature, crumb, disease… …
9microorganism — Synonyms and related words: Euglena, adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, aerobic organism, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, anaerobic organism, animalcule, autotrophic organism, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, being, bug, coccus, colon… …
10organization — Synonyms and related words: KP, adjustment, aerobic organism, affiliation, agency, anaerobic organism, anatomy, approach, architectonics, architecture, army, army group, arrangement, array, assemblage, assembling, assembly, atelier, attack,… …