tritrophic
English
/tɹʌɪˈtɹəʊ.fɪk/, /tɹaɪˈtɹoʊ.fɪk/
adj
Definitions
- (ecology) Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite that feeds on a third parasite.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek τροφικός (food nourishment, nursing, tending), τροφή (nourishment, food) + Ancient Greek en.
Origin
Ancient Greek
en
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -troph English
- -trophic English
- -trophy English
- androgynous English
- axiomatic English
- chronotropic English
- dipteran English
- dromotropic English
- inotropic English
- monoecious English
- poliomyelitis English
- trophic English
- tropho- English
- Poliomyelitis German
- poliomyélite French
- en Ancient Greek
- τρέφω Ancient Greek
- τροφή Ancient Greek
- τροφικός Ancient Greek
- -trof Norwegian Bokmål
- -trof Norwegian Nynorsk
- -trófach Irish
- -tróife Irish
- τροφή Greek (modern)