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Trophophoric

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ectotrophicnoun(biology, of a parasite) That obtains nourishment from outside of its host
phloeophagous(biology) That feeds on phloem
phloephagous(biology) That feeds on phloem
telotropicMisspelling of telotrophic. [That secretes nutrition at the end of an ovariole]
lophophoratenoun(zoology) A member of the Lophophorata, a clade of invertebrate animals.
saprophytophagousThat feeds on saprophytes
pleophagous(zoology) Eating various different foods.
endotrophic(biology, of some parasitic fungi) obtaining nourishment from within another organism
exotrophicThat feeds on other organisms
zoophytophagous(biology) Principally phytophagous but zoophagous if needs be
phytozoophagous(biology) zoophagous, but prepared to consume plants if needed
citrophilous(biology) That is attracted to, and eats citrus plants
phytophagous(zoology) Feeding on plants, herbivorous.
endophagous(biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism
biophagousThat feeds on living creatures.
hemophagousThat feeds on, or is nourished by blood
histophagousAlternative form of histiophagous. [Feeding on tissue.]
telmophagicAlternative form of telmophagous. [(zoology) Feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration.]
phagotrophic(microbiology) Feeding by engulfing a food cell or particle and ingesting it in a phagocytic vacuole, in the manner of some flagellates.
acrotrophic(biology, of an insect) Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube

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