Usually means: Feeds on decaying organic matter.
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  1. saprozoic: Merriam-Webster
  2. saprozoic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. saprozoic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. saprozoic: Vocabulary.com
  5. saprozoic: Wiktionary
  6. saprozoic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. saprozoic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. saprozoic: Dictionary.com
  9. saprozoic: Rhymezone
  10. saprozoic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. saprozoic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. saprozoic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. saprozoic: Encyclopedia

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  1. saprozoic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. saprozoic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (saprozoic)

▸ adjective:  feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
▸ adjective:  saprophagous

Similar:
saprophagous, nourished, saproxylic, sarcosaprophagous, saproxylophagous, saprophytophagous, saprophagic, saprophilous, sapromycetophagous, saprobic, more...

Opposite:
autotrophic, heterotrophic, photosynthetic

Types:
protist, protozoan, algae, fungus, more...

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Similar:
saprophagous, nourished, saproxylic, sarcosaprophagous, saproxylophagous, saprophytophagous, saprophagic, saprophilous, sapromycetophagous, saprobic, more...

Opposite:
autotrophic, heterotrophic, photosynthetic

Types:
protist, protozoan, algae, fungus, more...



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