holozoic

• Relativo a organismos que se alimentam de matéria orgânica complexa, geralmente partículas sólidas, por ingestão. É um tipo de nutrição heterotrófica em que o alimento é capturado e digerido internamente.

Relating to an organism that ingests complex organic matter, typically solid food, as a source of nutrition.

1. Animal-like nutritionC2formalscientific

   Obtaining nourishment by ingesting complex organic matter, as animals do.

   Holozoico

   • Most animals are holozoic organisms that consume plants or other animals.
   • Holozoic nutrition involves the ingestion and internal digestion of food.
   • The amoeba exhibits holozoic feeding by engulfing its prey.

   Antônimosabsorptiveautotrophicholophyticsaprobicsaprophytic