Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Obtaining nourishment by absorption of dissolved organic and inorganic materials, as in protozoans and some fungi.
- adj. Feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
Wiktionary
- adj. feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
- adj. saprophagous
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
Etymologies
- sapro- + -zoic (Wiktionary)
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mercy Feeding on dissolved organic matter: getting nourishment by absorbing dissolved organic matter and salts. adjective Jul 13, 2008