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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemosynthetic organism that obtains energy from the oxidation of inorganic compounds and uses carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon for growth.
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- noun biology A
chemoautotroph orlithoautotroph
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chemo- + lithoautotroph
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