histotrophic nutrition

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• histotrophic live bearer — a reproductive guild (q.v.) where eggs develop into embryos and young whose partial or entire nutrition and gas exchange is supplied by the parent via histrotrophes …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• histotrophic — Providing nourishment for or favoring the formation of tissue. [histo + G. trophe, nourishment] * * * his·to·tro·phic (his″to troґfik) 1. encouraging the formation of tissue. 2. pertaining to histotroph; with reference to nutrition through… …   Medical dictionary