detritivorousadj.

/dɛtrɪˈtɪvərəs/

Etymology: < German Detritivor (A. Handlirsch 1929, in C. Schröder Handbuch d. Entomologie II. 38), < detrit- (in detritus n.): see -ivorous comb. form.

Zoology.

Feeding on detritus.

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the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > on non-living organic matter

detritivorous1931

detritus-feeding1959

1931 R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. vii. 160 Handlirsch..indicated 29 categories of food habits of insects:.. 13. Other animal waste, parts of integuments; scales, hair, feathers, wax, silk, etc. (Detritivorous.)

1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 542 The rapidly desiccating tidemark biocoenosis..is characterized by detritivorous amphipods, isopods, and insects of the genus Bledius.

1980 Nature 31 Jan. 429/1 Some fungi trap and consume detritivorous arthropods.

Derivatives

deˈtritivore n. [German Detritivore] a detritivorous organism.

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the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > on non-living organic matter

detritivore1965

1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. xix. 328 Most cavernicoles are more or less polyphagous and their dietary categories cannot be distinguished... The term detritivore is the one which best suits the majority of them.

1978 Nature 4 May 24/1 Sustainable benthic biomass would increase by at least two orders of magnitude, and, with such a rich resource of detritivores and herbivores, the evolution of benthic predators would quickly follow.

1982 J. B. Harborne Introd. Ecol. Biochem. (ed. 2) i. 19 It appears that these sea creatures obtain their arsenic indirectly from the brown kelp via detritivores.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	detritivorous
释义	detritivorousadj. /dɛtrɪˈtɪvərəs/ Etymology: < German Detritivor (A. Handlirsch 1929, in C. Schröder Handbuch d. Entomologie II. 38), < detrit- (in detritus n.): see -ivorous comb. form. Zoology. Feeding on detritus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > on non-living organic matter detritivorous1931 detritus-feeding1959 1931 R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. vii. 160 Handlirsch..indicated 29 categories of food habits of insects:.. 13. Other animal waste, parts of integuments; scales, hair, feathers, wax, silk, etc. (Detritivorous.) 1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 542 The rapidly desiccating tidemark biocoenosis..is characterized by detritivorous amphipods, isopods, and insects of the genus Bledius. 1980 Nature 31 Jan. 429/1 Some fungi trap and consume detritivorous arthropods. Derivatives deˈtritivore n. [German Detritivore] a detritivorous organism. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > on non-living organic matter detritivore1965 1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. xix. 328 Most cavernicoles are more or less polyphagous and their dietary categories cannot be distinguished... The term detritivore is the one which best suits the majority of them. 1978 Nature 4 May 24/1 Sustainable benthic biomass would increase by at least two orders of magnitude, and, with such a rich resource of detritivores and herbivores, the evolution of benthic predators would quickly follow. 1982 J. B. Harborne Introd. Ecol. Biochem. (ed. 2) i. 19 It appears that these sea creatures obtain their arsenic indirectly from the brown kelp via detritivores. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1931
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