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polytrophic

The English word “polytrophic” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
  2. Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary
  3. Rich in nutrients

Etymology

From poly- + -trophic.

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