Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
heteropteran
heterosexism
heterosexual
heterosexuality
heterosis
heterosporous
heterostyly
heterotherm
heterotrophic
heterotropia
heterotypic
heterousian
heterozygote
heterozygous
heth
hetman
heuchera
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

heterotrophic
het·er·o·tro·phic [ hèttərō trṓfik, hèttərō tróffik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
getting nutrients through food digestion: obtaining nourishment by digesting plant or animal matter, as animals do, as opposed to photosynthesizing food, as plants do

het·er·o·troph [ héttərə tròf ] noun
het·er·ot·ro·phy [ hèttə róttrəfee ] noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft