allotroph

Noun

 * 1) * 1970, Stephen H. Dole, Habitable Planets for Man, page 142:
 * A living thing using only inorganic materials as food, as opposed to heterotrophs, allotrophs, parasites, or saprophytes, which depend on other organisms for nutrition.
 * 1) * 1970, Stephen H. Dole, Habitable Planets for Man, page 142:
 * A living thing using only inorganic materials as food, as opposed to heterotrophs, allotrophs, parasites, or saprophytes, which depend on other organisms for nutrition.

Usage notes

 * Allotrophe is rare; indeed, it occurs as a misspelling of allotrope (even in college-level reference works) almost as often as it occurs as asynonym of heterotroph.