| 单词 | suspension-feeder |
| 释义 | > as lemmassuspension-feeder suspension-feeder n. a bottom-dwelling aquatic animal which feeds on plankton, etc. found in suspension in the surrounding water. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > suspension-feeder suspension-feeder1925 1925 O. D. Hunt in Jrnl. Marine Biol. Assoc. 13 567 Those which feed by selecting from the surrounding water the suspended micro-organisms and detritus,..for want of a better term, may be termed Suspension-feeders. 1959 A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. v. 106 Most animals on rocks or stones will be suspension-feeders,..because little detritus can remain there. 1975 Nature 7 Aug. 521/1 As those samples included some typical ‘suspension-feeders’ (Porifera, Ectoprocta, Sabellida and so on), a water current able to transport the food items evidently exists and may explain the development of a rich bottom fauna under the Ross Ice Shelf. < as lemmas |
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