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Noun: chemoautotroph
  1. An organism that depends on chemicals for its energy and principally on carbon dioxide for its carbon.
    - chemotrophic autotroph

Derived forms: chemoautotrophs

Type of: autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism

Encyclopedia: Chemoautotroph

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