Look up: detritivore

1. detritivore
   Animal that consumes decomposing organic particles, deriving nutrition primarily from microbes on the particles. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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2. detritivore
   (from the article `bivalve`) The primitive bivalve was almost certainly a detritivore (consumer of loose organic materials), and the modern palaeotaxodonts still pursue this mode ...
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3. detritivore
   detritivore, detritivory 1. Feeding on fragmented particulate or eating very small pieces, or particles, of organic matter. 2. An organism which feeds largely upon organic detritus.
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4. Detritivore
   Heterotrophic organism that feeds on detritus. Examples of such organisms include earthworms, termites, slugs, snails, bacteria, and fungi. Two types of detritivores are generally recognized: decomposers and detritus feeders.
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5. detritivore
   an animal that eats detritus (dead organic material). A large detritivore, while feeding on detritus, may also ingest small living organisms, such as bacteria.
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6. Detritivore
   s are a good example of soil-dwelling detritivores `Detritivores`, also known as `detritophages` or `detritus feeders` or `detritus eaters` or `saprophages`, are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing organic matter). By doing so, they contribute to decomposition and t...
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