What is the definition of Heterotrophy?

HETEROTROPHY

\hˈɛtɹə͡ʊtɹəfi], \hˈɛtɹə‍ʊtɹəfi], \h_ˈɛ_t_ɹ_əʊ_t_ɹ_ə_f_i]\

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het-e-rot'rof-i, n. (bot.) an abnormal mode of obtaining nutrition. [Gr. heteros, other, troph[=e], food.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).