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Etymology
Adjective
polytrophic (not comparable)
- (biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
- (biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary
- (of a lake) Rich in nutrients
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