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.
Define heterotroph. heterotroph synonyms, heterotroph pronunciation, heterotroph translation, English dictionary definition of heterotroph. n. An organism that is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition because it cannot synthesize its own food. hetâ²erÂ·oÂ·trophâ²ic adj....