exotrophic

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English

Etymology

From exo- +‎ trophic.

Adjective

exotrophic (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on other organisms
    • 2016 January 21, “Frankixalus, a New Rhacophorid Genus of Tree Hole Breeding Frogs with Oophagous Tadpoles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Colors of taxa labels represent the reproductive modes: blue, terrestrial foam-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles; orange, terrestrial gel-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles; green, terrestrial direct-developing, endotrophic tadpoles; cyan, aquatic gel-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles.