# polytrophic

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
2. Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary
3. Rich in nutrients

## Etymology
From poly- + -trophic.

## Source
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