English
Noun
filter feeder (plural filter feeders)
- (biology) Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.
2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, volume 34, number 15:The best-protected species are the big, peaceful filter feeders, the basking shark and particularly the whale shark, with its photogenic polka dots and mysterious long-range migration patterns.
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any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives
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- Finnish: siivilöijä, ravintonsa siivilöimällä ottava eläin
- French: filtreur (fr) m
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