exotrophic

English

Etymology

From exo- +‎ trophic.

Adjective

exotrophic (not comparable)

1. That feeds on other organisms
   • 2016 January 21, “Frankixalus, a New Rhacophorid Genus of Tree Hole Breeding Frogs with Oophagous Tadpoles”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Colors of taxa labels represent the reproductive modes: blue, terrestrial foam-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles; orange, terrestrial gel-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles; green, terrestrial direct-developing, endotrophic tadpoles; cyan, aquatic gel-nesting, exotrophic tadpoles.

Related terms

• exotrophy