HyperDic: heterotrophic

English > 1 sense of the word *heterotrophic*:
ADJECTIVE	pert	heterotrophic	requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment

heterotrophic > pronunciation
Sounds	hheh.terahtraa'fihk
Rhymes	academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk...

English > *heterotrophic*: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
Meaning	requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment.
Example	"most animals are heterotrophic"
Category	botany, phytology	The branch of biology that studies plants
Opposite	autotrophic, autophytic	Of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis