-troph
-troph
a combining form used in the formation of nouns with the general sense “nutrient matter” (embryotroph ), “an organism with given nutritional requirements” (heterotroph ); also forming concrete nouns corresponding to abstract nouns ending in -trophy, or adjectives ending in -trophic.
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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