Meaning

1 senses

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

    Filtrierer

    фильтра́торfilʹtrátor

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The whale shark is a filter feeder.

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  2. Sponges are filter-feeders.

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Translations

6 languages
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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
filmA2filmmakerfilterB1filthfilthyfiltration

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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