Vagrancy (people) For other uses, see Vagrant and Vagabond. A vagrant or a vagabond is a person, often in poverty, who wanders from place to place without a home or regular employment or income. Other synonyms include tramp, hobo, and drifter.
The heliotrope is an instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight over great distances to mark the positions of participants in a land survey. The heliotrope was invented in 1821 by the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. The word heliotrope is taken from the Greek: helios (Greek: á¼¥Î»Î¹Î¿Ï), meaning sun, and tropos (Greek: ÏÏÏÏÎ¿Ï), meaning turn. It is a fitting name for an instrument which can be turned to reflect the sun toward a given point.
Definition. noun, plural: heterotrophs. An organism that is unable to synthesize its own organic carbon-based compounds from inorganic sources, hence, feeds on organic matter produced by, or available in, other organisms.Supplement. Heterotrophs are the consumers in the food chain, particularly the herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.f it obtains nitrogen from organic compounds but not energy, it is still considered an autotroph (such as carnivorous plants). Organisms that obtain carbon from organic compounds may either be: photoheterotrophs or chemoheterotrophs. Word origin: G. heteros: hÃ©teros the other of, two, other + Different. g: trophos. feeder