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Detrivore vs Saprotroph - What's the difference?

detrivore | saprotroph |

As nouns the difference between detrivore and saprotroph

is that detrivore is (biology) any organism that feeds on detritus while saprotroph is an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.

detrivore

English

Noun

(wikipedia detrivore) (en noun)
  • (biology) Any organism that feeds on detritus

    • Related terms

    * detritivorous

    Anagrams

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    saprotroph

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia saprotroph) (en noun)
  • An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.

    • Synonyms

    * saprobe

    Meronyms

    * mushroom

    See also

    * decomposer