food pyramid
A pyramid-shaped diagram in layers, where each layer represents a group of animals…A pyramid-shaped diagram in layers, where each layer represents a group of animals that feeds on the layer below.
» Tom realized the food pyramid was a fraud.
Meaning
2 sensesA pyramid-shaped diagram in layers, where each layer represents a group of animals that feeds on the layer below.
The teacher reminded us to always start the food pyramid with the plants on the bottom.
(US)Any pyramidal diagram giving advice on how to eat healthily, particularly those widely publicized by the United States government.
The food pyramid surprised me by showing that we should eat lots of cheese.
Ernährungspyramide
- (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below
Examples
1 sentencesTom realized the food pyramid was a fraud.
Translations
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Origin
So called from its pyramid shape.So called from its pyramid shape.
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Forms
plural: food pyramids| Singular | food pyramid |
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