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phagotrophic (adjective) (not comparable)
Referring to a microorganism that eats particles of food: Phagotrophic lifeforms feed by ingestion; and engulf food, like some flagellates do, but not any fungi.

Phagotrophic organisms feed by ingesting particulate organic carbon or intact cells.

This entry is located in the following units: phago-, phag-, -phage, -phagi, -phagic, -phagically, -phagia, -phagism, -phagist, -phagic, -phagous, -phagy (page 14) tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous (page 8)
phagotrophic, phagotroph, phagotrophy
1. Feeding by ingesting organic particulate matter.
2. A reference to cells in the blood or body fluid that ingest foreign particles.
This entry is located in the following unit: phago-, phag-, -phage, -phagi, -phagic, -phagically, -phagia, -phagism, -phagist, -phagic, -phagous, -phagy (page 14)