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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

saprobe en · NOUN

Etymology

From sapro- + -obe.

Meanings

  1. An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material

Forms

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Deriveds

saprobic

Meronyms

mushroom

Relateds

saprobiotic

Synonyms

saprotroph · saprobiont