saprobic
roʊb
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saprobe (ˈsæprəʊb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| See also saprophyte an organism, esp a fungus, that lives on decaying organisms; a saprotroph | |
| [C20: from Greek, from | |
| sap'robic | |
| —adj | |
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Saprobic
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| 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. |
| saprobe (ˈsæprəʊb) | |
| —n | |
| See also saprophyte an organism, esp a fungus, that lives on decaying organisms; a saprotroph | |
| [C20: from Greek, from | |
| sap'robic | |
| —adj | |
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saprobe sap·robe (sāp'rōb')
n.
An organism that derives its nourishment from nonliving or decaying organic matter.
sap·ro'bi·al (sā-prō'bē-əl) or sap·ro'bic (-bĭk) adj.
saprobic sa·pro·bic (sap- rō'bik)
n.
pertaining to a saprobe
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