Saprobic Definition
saprōbik
adjective
Of or pertaining to organisms living in highly polluted waters.
Webster's New World
Of or pertaining to saprophytes.
Webster's New World
(biology) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a saprobe or saprobes; that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter.
Wiktionary
(ecology) That contains dead or decaying organic material (therefore also saprobes).
Wiktionary
Origin of Saprobic
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From saprobe +"Ž -ic.
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