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Heterotrophs is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Heterotrophs in a sentence

Heterotrophs meaning

plural of heterotroph

Using Heterotrophs

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of heterotroph

Context around Heterotrophs

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

myco 1× producers 1×

Often after:

receive 1× cheat 1×

Sentence patterns with Heterotrophs

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as myco heterotrophs cheat by 1× carbon while heterotrophs receive carbon 1× primary producers heterotrophs or consumers 1× they are heterotrophs that normally 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

autotrophs extract it 1× for example broad 1× species are broadly 1× they are heterotrophs 1×

Common sentence endings:

by aerobic means 1× consuming other organisms 1× detritivores or decomposers 1× than donating it 1×

Words around Heterotrophs

Just before it in the word index:

heterotrophic 5 heterotrimers 2 heterotrimeric 4 heterotopic 4 heterotic 7 heterosynaptic 3

Just after it in the word index:

heterotropic 2 heteroxenous 2 heterozooids 2 heterozygosity 3 heterozygote 8 heterozygotes 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Heterotrophs

  • In this selection, "heterotrophs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, myco, producers, receive and cheat stand out and add context to how "heterotrophs" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as myco heterotrophs cheat by and carbon while heterotrophs receive carbon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "heterotrophs" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with heterotrophs

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

They are heterotrophs that normally respire by aerobic means. (9 words)

Species are broadly categorized as autotrophs (or primary producers ), heterotrophs (or consumers ), and Detritivores (or decomposers ). (16 words)

Autotrophs extract it from the air in the form of carbon dioxide, converting it into organic carbon, while heterotrophs receive carbon by consuming other organisms. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

For example, broad classes of plants and fungi exchange carbon and nutrients in common mutualistic mycorrhizal relationships; however, some plant species known as myco-heterotrophs "cheat" by taking carbon from a fungus rather than donating it. (36 words)

Autotrophs extract it from the air in the form of carbon dioxide, converting it into organic carbon, while heterotrophs receive carbon by consuming other organisms. (25 words)

Species are broadly categorized as autotrophs (or primary producers ), heterotrophs (or consumers ), and Detritivores (or decomposers ). (16 words)

Example sentences (4)

Autotrophs extract it from the air in the form of carbon dioxide, converting it into organic carbon, while heterotrophs receive carbon by consuming other organisms.

For example, broad classes of plants and fungi exchange carbon and nutrients in common mutualistic mycorrhizal relationships; however, some plant species known as myco-heterotrophs "cheat" by taking carbon from a fungus rather than donating it.

Species are broadly categorized as autotrophs (or primary producers ), heterotrophs (or consumers ), and Detritivores (or decomposers ).

They are heterotrophs that normally respire by aerobic means.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "heterotrophs" in a sentence?
An example: "Autotrophs extract it from the air in the form of carbon dioxide, converting it into organic carbon, while heterotrophs receive carbon by consuming other organisms." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "heterotrophs" from authentic English texts.
What does "heterotrophs" mean?
Heterotrophs means: plural of heterotroph
How many example sentences with "heterotrophs" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "heterotrophs", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.