Bio Etymology Chapter 24

trophic
- troph- feed or nourish
- trophic- describes structure in a community that consists of feeding or nutritional relationships among organisms (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores)
herbivore
- herb- plant
- vore- devourer
- herbivore- plant-eating
carnivore
- carni- flesh
- vore- devourer
- carnivore- meat-eating
omnivore
- omni- all
- vore- devourer
- omnivore- consume both plants and animals
commensal
- com-together
- mensa-table
- commensal- describes an organism that receives a benefit from another organism without helping or injuring it, "eat at the same table" without consuming each other's resources

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