Living in decaying organic matter; especially denoting certain protozoa. ... Origin: sapro-+ G. Zoikos, relating to animals ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
saprozoic 1. Applied to animals living on dead or decaying matter. 2. Of or relating to a saprozoite. 3. Designating the type of nutrition employed by a saprozoite. Describing an organism that feeds on organic material in solution, rather than on solid organic material. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1893/4