Holozoic nutrition

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Holozoic nutrition (Gr. holo, whole + zoikos, of animals) is a method of nutrition that involves the ingestion of liquid or solid organic material. This method suggests phagocytosis where the cell membrane completely surrounds a food particle.[1]

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  1. ^ Hickman, Cleveland, and Larry Roberts. Integrated Principles of Zoology. 13th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2006.

It involves ingestion of food.