AUTOPHAGOUS Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For AUTOPHAGOUS
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| carnivorous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or characteristic of carnivores • (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals | ||||||||
| heterotroph | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition | ||||||||
| heterotrophic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment | ||||||||
| parasitic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or caused by parasites • of or pertaining to epenthesis adjective satellite • of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | ||||||||
| predacious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • hunting and killing other animals for food • living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | ||||||||
| predaciousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | ||||||||
| predatory | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding • living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey • living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | ||||||||
| saprophytic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material adjective satellite • (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter | ||||||||
