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Trophesy

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  plural noun, Entomology. 1. the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.

• Trophic

  adjective 1. of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes. 1. a combining form with the meanings “having nutritional habits or requirements” of the kind specified by the initial element (autotrophic), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” that specified (gonadotrophic) (in this sense often interchangeable with -tropic, ); also forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending […]

• Trophically

  adjective 1. of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes. adjective 1. of or relating to nutrition: the trophic levels of a food chain trophic troph·ic (trŏf’ĭk, trō’fĭk) adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by nutrition. trophic (trŏf’ĭk) Relating to the feeding habits of different organisms in a food chain or web.

• Trophic-level

  noun, Ecology. 1. any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers. trophic level Any of the sequential stages in a food chain, occupied by producers at the bottom and in turn by primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. Decomposers (detritivores) are sometimes considered […]

• Trophic ulcer

  trophic ulcer n. An ulcer due to impaired nutrition of the part.

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