holozoic

1. 1.

   obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter

   Antonymsholophytic

Questions about holozoic

What does holozoic mean?

holozoic means "obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter".

How many syllables are in holozoic?

holozoic has 3 syllables and divides as ho-lo-zoic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of holozoic?

The recorded antonyms are holophytic.

Is holozoic a common word?

holozoic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.