tritrophic
形容词 adj.
英 /tɹʌɪˈtɹəʊ.fɪk/|/tɹʌɪˈtɹɒf.ɪk/
美 /tɹaɪˈtɹoʊ.fɪk/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite that feeds on a third parasite.
— The spatial overlap between bean species and bruchine hosts, together with the great morphological similarity among the Horismenus species, has made the study of the ecology and population genetics of this tritrophic system difficult.
词源
From tri- (“three”) + -trophic (“relating to feeding and nutrition”), from Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “nursing, tending”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment, food”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
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