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.
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- Trophimus
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- Tropho-
1. a combining form meaning “nourishment,” used in the formation of compound words: trophosome. combining form 1. indicating nourishment or nutrition: trophozoite tropho- or troph- pref. Nutrition; nutritive: trophoblast.