Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Obtaining nourishment by absorption of dissolved organic and inorganic materials, as certain protozoans and nematodes do.
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- adjective
feeding ondead ordecaying animal matter - adjective
saprophagous
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- adjective (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
Etymologies
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sapro- + -zoic
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mercy commented on the word saprozoic
Feeding on dissolved organic matter: getting nourishment by absorbing dissolved organic matter and salts. adjective
July 13, 2008