Usually means: Organisms that feed on decay.
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  1. saprophytes: Merriam-Webster
  2. saprophytes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. saprophytes: Vocabulary.com
  4. saprophytes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. saprophytes: Wiktionary
  6. saprophytes: Dictionary.com
  7. Saprophytes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Saprophytes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Saprophytes: Encyclopedia

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  1. saprophytes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Saprophytes: Medical dictionary

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  1. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (saprophyte)

noun:  Any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
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