trophy

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  trophy    -trophic  

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trophy/ˈtrəʊfi/

▶noun (pl. trophies)

• 1 a cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success.

  ■ a souvenir of an achievement, especially a head of an animal taken when hunting.

• 2 (in ancient Greece or Rome) the weapons of a defeated army set up as a memorial of victory.

– origin C15: from Fr. trophée, via L. from Gk tropaion, from tropē ‘a rout’.

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-trophic/ˈtrəʊfɪk/

▶combining form

• 1 relating to nutrition: oligotrophic.

• 2 relating to maintenance or regulation of a bodily organ or function, especially by a hormone.

– derivatives
-trophism combining form,
-trophy combining form.

– origin from Gk trophikos, from trophē ‘nourishment’.