Usually means: Growth or change involving many stages.
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  1. polytrophic: Merriam-Webster
  2. polytrophic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. polytrophic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. polytrophic: Wordnik
  5. polytrophic: Wiktionary
  6. polytrophic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. polytrophic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. polytrophic: Dictionary.com
  9. polytrophic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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  1. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (polytrophic)

adjective:  (biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
adjective:  (biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary
adjective:  (of a lake) Rich in nutrients

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