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from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of carrying on more than one kind of fermentation: applied to certain bacteria. See
monotrophic .
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- adjective biology , (of bacteria etc)
feeding of multiple types offood , or obtainingnutrients in more than one way - adjective of a lake rich in nutrients
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