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holophytic
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holophytic /holo·phyt·ic/ (hōl″o-fit´ik) obtaining food like a plant; said of certain protozoa.
hol·o·phyt·ic (hl-ftk, hl-)
adj.
Not requiring the ingestion of exogenous organic substances for nutrition; obtaining nourishment in the manner of a green plant. Used of certain protozoans capable of photosynthesis.
holophytic
one of the three forms of nutrition in Mastigophora (protozoa). It comprises the synthesis of simple carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water by chlorophyll contained in chloroplasts.


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