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trophic

[trof-ik, troh-fik]

troph·ic

[trof-ik, troh-fik]
adjective
of or pertaining to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.

Origin:
1870–75; < Greek trophikós pertaining to food. See tropho-, -ic

troph·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Trophic is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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-trophic

a combining form with the meanings “having nutritional habits or requirements” of the kind specified by the initial element (autotrophic), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” that specified (gonadotrophic) (in this sense often interchangeable with -tropic); also forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -troph or -trophy (hypertrophic).

Origin:
see trophic
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trophic (ˈtrɒfɪk)
 
adj
of or relating to nutrition: the trophic levels of a food chain
 
[C19: from Greek trophikos, from trophē food, from trephein to feed]
 
'trophically
 
adv

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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.

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trophic   (trŏf'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to the feeding habits of different organisms in a food chain or web.
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