saprotroph
saprotroph · saprotrophs
An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into…An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients.
Meaning
1 sensesAn organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From sapro- + -troph.From sapro- + -troph.
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Forms
plural: saprotrophs| Singular | saprotroph |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsaprotrophic
See also
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