mixotroph

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(miksə trof′, -trōf′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
mix•o•troph  (miksə trof′, -trōf′),USA pronunciation n. [Biol.]
  1. Ecologyany organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
  • back formation from mixotrophic, equivalent. to Greek mixo- (see mixoploid) + -trophic
mix′o•trophic, adj. 


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