chemoheterotroph

noun

A chemotrophic heterotroph, one that must ingest organic building blocks that it is incapable of creating itself.

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Meanings

nounchemoheterotroph (plural chemoheterotrophs)

plural chemoheterotrophs

  1. A chemotrophic heterotroph, one that must ingest organic building blocks that it is incapable of creating itself.

Origin

From chemo- + heterotroph.

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chemoheterotroph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemoheterotroph

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“chemoheterotroph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemoheterotroph. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chemoheterotroph,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemoheterotroph.

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