filter feeder

See also: filter-feeder

English

Alternative forms

filter-feeder

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, vol. 34 no. 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.

Derived terms

filter feed

Translations

animal

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French: filtreur (fr) m
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Italian: filtratore f

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