holozoic

holozoic
Animal-like in mode of obtaining nourishment, lacking photosynthetic capacity; denoting certain protozoans, in distinction to others that are holophytic. [holo- + G. zoon, animal]

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ho·lo·zo·ic .hō-lə-'zō-ik, .häl-ə- adj characterized by food procurement after the manner of most animals by the ingestion of complex organic matter <\holozoic nutrition> <\holozoic herbivores and carnivores> compare HOLOPHYTIC

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holo·zo·ic (hōl″o-zoґik) [holo- + zoic] having a type of nutrition or feeding resembling that of an animal, such as ingestion of whole organisms or relatively large particles. Called also phagotrophic. Cf. holophytic and saprozoic.

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  • holozoic — /hol euh zoh ik, hoh leuh /, adj. Biol. feeding on solid food particles in the manner of most animals. [1880 85; HOLO + zoic < Gk zoikós of animals, equiv. to zo(é) life + ikos IC] * * * …   Universalium

  • holozoic — adjective Obtaining nutrition, as most animals, by the ingestion of organic matter. Syn: heterotrophic …   Wiktionary

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  • holozoic — hol·o·zo·ic …   English syllables

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