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English
Etymology
From necro- (“dead”) + -trophic (suffix denoting mode of nutrition).
Adjective
necrotrophic (comparative more necrotrophic, superlative most necrotrophic)
- (biology) Describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter.
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