Definition of filter-feeding in English:

filter-feeding

adjective

Zoology

(of an aquatic animal) feeding by filtering out plankton or nutrients suspended in the water.
〔动〕（水生动物）滤食的
Example sentencesExamples
- The other constraint we put on it was that they could do it only amongst filter-feeding fish.
- Fast moving currents concentrate plankton and other goodies for filter-feeding animals that fuel these entire ecosystems.
- The current can make diving difficult but also acts as a conveyor-belt, supplying all those filter-feeding creatures with food.
- Unlike filter-feeding ducks, which raise self-feeding chicks, lesser flamingos must feed their young for the first ten to twelve weeks of their lives.
- Positively associated with these differences are differences in growth rate and abundance of filter-feeding invertebrates (mussels, barnacles).

Derivatives

filter-feeder

noun

Zoology

What happens to the plankton on which the filter-feeders feed?
Example sentencesExamples
- Tadpoles tend to school, and be filter-feeders.
- Because they are filter-feeders, pollutants in the water will accumulate in the tissue of mussels until they reach a toxic level killing the organism.
- And accumulation is more of a problem in animals higher in the food chain, e.g. sharks with mercury, as well as filter-feeders.
- Alternatively, it may simply have been adapted as a wading filter-feeder on rocky or uneven bottoms.

词汇	filter-feeding
释义	Definition of filter-feeding in English: filter-feeding adjective Zoology (of an aquatic animal) feeding by filtering out plankton or nutrients suspended in the water. 〔动〕（水生动物）滤食的 Example sentencesExamples The other constraint we put on it was that they could do it only amongst filter-feeding fish. Fast moving currents concentrate plankton and other goodies for filter-feeding animals that fuel these entire ecosystems. The current can make diving difficult but also acts as a conveyor-belt, supplying all those filter-feeding creatures with food. Unlike filter-feeding ducks, which raise self-feeding chicks, lesser flamingos must feed their young for the first ten to twelve weeks of their lives. Positively associated with these differences are differences in growth rate and abundance of filter-feeding invertebrates (mussels, barnacles). Derivatives filter-feeder noun Zoology What happens to the plankton on which the filter-feeders feed? Example sentencesExamples Tadpoles tend to school, and be filter-feeders. Because they are filter-feeders, pollutants in the water will accumulate in the tissue of mussels until they reach a toxic level killing the organism. And accumulation is more of a problem in animals higher in the food chain, e.g. sharks with mercury, as well as filter-feeders. Alternatively, it may simply have been adapted as a wading filter-feeder on rocky or uneven bottoms.
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