bitrophic

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ -trophic.

Adjective

bitrophic (not comparable)

1. Misspelling of biotrophic.
2. Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite
   • 2015 August 14, “Aphid Parasitoid Mothers Don't Always Know Best through the Whole Host Selection Process”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Instead, most experiments have ignored the role played by the first trophic level (i.e. the plant) and focused on preference and performance by parasitoids in a bitrophic system (for review, see [8 ,15 ]).

Related terms

• tritrophic