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Definition of filter feeder in US English: filter feedernoun Zoology See filter feeding Example sentencesExamples - Because they are filter-feeders, pollutants in the water will accumulate in the tissue of mussels until they reach a toxic level killing the organism.
- Tadpoles tend to school, and be filter-feeders.
- Alternatively, it may simply have been adapted as a wading filter-feeder on rocky or uneven bottoms.
- What happens to the plankton on which the filter-feeders feed?
- And accumulation is more of a problem in animals higher in the food chain, e.g. sharks with mercury, as well as filter-feeders.
Definition of filter feeder in US English: filter feedernoun Zoology See filter feeding Example sentencesExamples - Because they are filter-feeders, pollutants in the water will accumulate in the tissue of mussels until they reach a toxic level killing the organism.
- Tadpoles tend to school, and be filter-feeders.
- Alternatively, it may simply have been adapted as a wading filter-feeder on rocky or uneven bottoms.
- What happens to the plankton on which the filter-feeders feed?
- And accumulation is more of a problem in animals higher in the food chain, e.g. sharks with mercury, as well as filter-feeders.
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