Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "saprobic" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF SAPROBIC

saprobic  [səˈprəʊbɪk] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAPROBIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Saprobic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SAPROBIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

saprobic

Saprotrophic nutrition

Saprotrophic nutrition /sæprɵˈtrɒfɪk/ is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of dead or decayed organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs or heterotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi and soil bacteria. Saprotrophic microscopic fungi are sometimes called saprobes; saprotrophic plants or bacterial flora are called saprophytes. The process is most often facilitated through the active transport of such materials through endocytosis within the internal mycelium and its constituent hyphae. Various word roots relating to decayed matter, eating and nutrition, and plants or life forms produce various terms, such as detritivore, detritophage, saprotroph, saprophyte, saprophage, and saprobe; their meanings overlap, although technical distinctions narrow the senses. For example, usage distinctions can be made based on macroscopic swallowing of detritus versus microscopic lysis of detritus.

Definition of saprobic in the English dictionary

The definition of saprobic in the dictionary is living on decaying organisms. Other definition of saprobic is designating the presence of decaying organisms or organic material.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAPROBIC


acrophobic
ˌækrəˈfəʊbɪk
aerobic
ɛəˈrəʊbɪk
aerophobic
ˌɛərəˈfəʊbɪk
agoraphobic
ˌæɡərəˈfəʊbɪk
anaerobic
ˌænɛəˈrəʊbɪk
anthropophobic
ˌænθrəpəˈfəʊbɪk
aquarobic
ˌækwəˈrəʊbɪk
astraphobic
ˌæstrəˈfəʊbɪk
claustrophobic
ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪk
homophobic
ˌhɒməˈfəʊbɪk
hydrophobic
ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪk
Islamophobic
ˌɪzlɑːməˈfəʊbɪk
lyophobic
ˌlaɪəʊˈfəʊbɪk
microbic
maɪˈkrəʊbɪk
necrophobic
ˌnɛkrəʊˈfəʊbɪk
phobic
ˈfəʊbɪk
photophobic
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪk
strobic
ˈstrəʊbɪk
technophobic
ˌteknəʊˈfəʊbɪk
xenophobic
ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAPROBIC

saprobe
saprobial
saprobiont
saprobiotic
saprogenic
saprogenicity
saprogenous
saprolegnia
saprolite
saprolitic
sapropel
sapropelic
sapropelite
saprophagous
saprophyte
saprophytic
saprophytically
saprophytism
saprotroph
saprotrophic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAPROBIC

anglophobic
aquaphobic
batrachophobic
computerphobic
dysmorphophobic
Europhobic
gynophobic
heliophobic
hierophobic
monophobic
Negrophobic
neophobic
niobic
nyctophobic
ochlophobic
pyrophobic
Russophobic
taphephobic
triskaidekaphobic
zelophobic

Synonyms and antonyms of saprobic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «saprobic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF SAPROBIC

Find out the translation of saprobic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of saprobic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «saprobic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

人工林则
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saprobic
570 millions of speakers

English

saprobic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

saprobic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

saprobic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сапробности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saprobic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

saprobic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saprobique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saprobik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

saprobischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水質階級
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

saprobic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saprobic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

saprobic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

saprobic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नकली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saprobik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

saprobico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

saprobic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сапробности
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

saprobă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

saprobic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saprobic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

saprobic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saprobic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of saprobic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAPROBIC»

The term «saprobic» is normally little used and occupies the 146.870 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
31
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «saprobic» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of saprobic
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «saprobic».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAPROBIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «saprobic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «saprobic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about saprobic

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAPROBIC»

Discover the use of saprobic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to saprobic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stream Hydrology: An Introduction for Ecologists
Saprobic indices focus on species presence in relation to organic pollution ( Pantle and Buck, 1955; Zelinka and Marvan, 1961). The tolerance of an organism is described by the parameters of the preferred Saprobic zone of the species, ...
Nancy D. Gordon, Thomas A. McMahon, Brian L. Finlayson, 2013
2
Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of Pollution
SAPROBIC ZONE I a a. -I < < 3 to > I I llf-4 I I I I •f..|-l•"l f-i-LJ I 01 ? 3 4 S SAPROBIC INDEX (S) Figure S.I 2. Part of the scale of saprobity showing the position of six benthic species (Hydrants foetidus, Lemanea fluviatilis, Melosira varians, ...
Des W. Connell, 1984
3
Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set: Online version
Saprobic Index Assigning a locality to the respective class is based on a concrete value of the saprobic (also saprobe, saprobial) index. The saprobic index is most frequently expressed by the following formula: S1⁄4 P ni1⁄41Ai?si?
‎2008
4
Biological Assessment and Criteria: Tools for Water Resource ...
representative of a single saprobic zone. The lowest indicator weights were given to species found throughout many or most of the saprobic zone. These conceptual modifications of the saprobic index have been quite popular and ensured ...
Wayne S. Davis, Thomas P. Simon, 1995
5
Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview of Their Use and ...
Saprobic edible fungi are also collected from the wild but they are best known and most widely valued in their cultivated forms. Plant pathogenic fungi cause diseases of plants and a small number of these microfungi are eaten in the form of ...
E. R. Boa, 2004
6
Rivers Handbook: The Science and Management of River ...
8.2 TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO BIOASSESSMENT The saprobic system The term 'saprobia' refers to the dependence of an organism on decomposing substances as a food source (Persoone & De Pauw 1979). Early research efforts of ...
Peter P. Calow, 2009
7
Biological Methods for the Assessment of Water Quality
Pantle and Buck[12] tried to improve the system by developing an index of pollution based upon saprobic zones. Oligosaprobic was rated as one, beta mesosaprobic was two, gamma mesosaprobic was three, and polysaprobic noted as ...
American Society for Testing, John. Cairns, Materials, American Society for Testing, Symposium on Biological Methods for the Assessment of Water Quality (1972 : Los Angeles)
8
Environmental Engineering: Proceedings of the 2nd National ...
For ciliates, flagellates and amoebas no clear changes of the saprobic index values are observed with the changing levels of effluent pollution, indicating the change of saprobic zone. An increase in saprobic index values in parallel with an  ...
Lucjan Pawlowski, Marzenna R. Dudzinska, Artur Pawlowski, 2006
9
Water Quality: Management of a Natural Resource
SAPROBIC INDEX. Despite the criticisms leveled at the saprobic system, it remains a powerful tool in monitoring and is still in use. Modern application of the system, however, utilizes a weighted numeric index to calculate pollution stress.
Jim Perry, Elizabeth Leigh Vanderklein, 2009
10
The Dispersal of Saprobic Fungi by Arthropods, and Fungal ...
Arthropods are important vectors for a diverse range of fungal pathogens.
Matthew Daniel Greif, 2006

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAPROBIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term saprobic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What to know before the morels grow
Morels have a unique ability to be both mycorrhizal, where the mushroom grows in connection to a tree root, or saprobic, where they grow in association to ... «Petoskey News-Review, Apr 15»
2
Beautiful mushroom identified; advice is to look but not eat
It also describes them as “saprobic,” meaning that they also feed on dead organic matter, which in this case might be inside the tree's roots. However, Gross said ... «Tullahoma News and Guardian, Sep 13»
3
Insect Discoveries, Delightful and Disturbing
Saprobic mushrooms, in contrast, consume dead organic material; nearby, plate-size dryad's saddle shelf fungi bulge from the bases of several tree stumps. «New York Times, May 12»
4
Bonus of Hurricane Irene: Lots of Magic Mushrooms
All are saprobic - some on dung, some on woody debris, some on other plant remains, some on soil and others among mosses. The cap is smooth, often a bit ... «Village Voice, Aug 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Saprobic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/saprobic>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z