exotrophic
English
Etymology
exo- + trophic
Adjective
exotrophic (not comparable)
- That feeds on other organisms
- 2016 January 21, “Frankixalus, a New Rhacophorid Genus of Tree Hole Breeding Frogs with Oophagous Tadpoles”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- Colors of taxa labels represent the reproductive modes: blue, terrestrial foam-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles; orange, terrestrial gel-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles; green, terrestrial direct-developing, endotrophic tadpoles; cyan, aquatic gel-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles.
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Related terms
- exotrophy