noun · rare

filter feeder

filter feeder · filter feeders

фильтратор

Filtrierer

Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the…Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.

» The whale shark is a filter feeder.

Meaning

1 senses

Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.
Filtrierer
фильтра́торfilʹtrátor

Examples

2 sentences

The whale shark is a filter feeder.
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Sponges are filter-feeders.
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Русский

By meaning 1

any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives:

Forms

plural: filter feeders

Singular	filter feeder
Plural	filter feeders

regular

filter-feederalternative

filter feeder

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