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filter feeder en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.
   • 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. 2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, volume 34, number 15:

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Deriveds

filter feed

Translations (12)

de Filtrierer (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · fi siivilöijä (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · nl filtervoeder (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · sv filtrerare (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · af filtervoeder (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · pt filtrador (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · ru фильтра́тор (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · cy hidl-ymborthwr (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · pl filtrator (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · it filtratore (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · fr filtreur (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives) · fi ravintonsa siivilöimällä ottava eläin (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives)