| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| -trophy | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth: dystrophy | |
| [from Greek -trophia, from trophē nourishment] | |
| -trophic | |
| —adj combining form | |
trophic troph·ic (trŏf'ĭk, trō'fĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by nutrition.
-trophic suff.
Of, relating to, or characterized by a specified kind of nutrition: organotrophic.
| trophic (trŏf'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to the feeding habits of different organisms in a food chain or web. |