heterotrophy
1heterotrophy — noun see heterotrophic …
2heterotrophy — See heterotrophic. * * * …
3heterotrophy — noun The state of being a heterotroph …
4heterotrophy — The ability or requirement to synthesize all metabolites from organic compounds. * * * het·er·ot·ro·phy (het″ər otґrə fe) heterotrophia …
5heterotrophy — n. condition in which an organism derives energy from externally produced organic compounds (Biology) …
6heterotrophy — het·er·ot·ro·phy …
7heterotrophy — noun see heterotroph …
8Myco-heterotrophy — Monotropa uniflora, an obligate myco heterotroph known to parasitize fungi belonging to the Russulaceae.[1] Myco heterotrophy is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food… …
9protozoan — /proh teuh zoh euhn/, n., pl. protozoans, (esp. collectively) protozoa / zoh euh/, adj. Biol. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are… …
10protist — protistan /proh tis teuhn/, adj., n. protistic, adj. /proh tist/, n. any of various one celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and… …
