Usually means: Organisms that consume other organisms.
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  1. heterotrophs: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterotrophs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. heterotrophs: Wordnik
  4. heterotrophs: Wiktionary
  5. heterotrophs: Dictionary.com
  6. Heterotrophs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Heterotrophs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Heterotrophs: Encyclopedia

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  1. heterotrophs: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Heterotrophs: Medical dictionary

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heterotroph)

noun:  (ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy and nutrients under the form of food containing organic carbon as it cannot synthesize its own.
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