- holozoic
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adjective
Date: 1885
characterized by food procurement after the manner of most animals by the ingestion of complex organic matter <holozoic nutrition>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
holozoic
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holozoic — [häl΄ə zō′ik, hō΄ləzō′ik] adj. [ HOLO + ZO + IC] ingesting and using complex organic material as food, as most animals … English World dictionary
holozoic — Animal like in mode of obtaining nourishment, lacking photosynthetic capacity; denoting certain protozoans, in distinction to others that are holophytic. [holo + G. zoon, animal] * * * ho·lo·zo·ic .hō lə zō ik, .häl ə adj characterized by food… … Medical dictionary
holozoic — adjective obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter • Ant: ↑holophytic * * * |hälō|zōik, |hōl adjective Etymology: hol + zoic : obtaining food after the manner of most animals by ingesting complex organic matter :… … Useful english dictionary
Holozoic nutrition — (Gr. holo , whole + zoikos , of animals) is a method of nutrition that involves the ingestion of liquid or solid organic material. This method suggests phagocytosis where the cell membrane completely surrounds a food particle. [Hickman, Cleveland … Wikipedia
holozoic organisms — holozoic organisms. См. голозойные организмы. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
holozoic — adj. [Gr. holos, whole; zoon, animal] Obtaining organic food materials by active ingestion of organisms or particles … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
holozoic — /hol euh zoh ik, hoh leuh /, adj. Biol. feeding on solid food particles in the manner of most animals. [1880 85; HOLO + zoic < Gk zoikós of animals, equiv. to zo(é) life + ikos IC] * * * … Universalium
holozoic — adjective Obtaining nutrition, as most animals, by the ingestion of organic matter. Syn: heterotrophic … Wiktionary
holozoic — adj. obtaining nutrients from other organisms or organic matter (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
holozoic — hol·o·zo·ic … English syllables
