Type: Term Pronunciation: bī-ō-mag′ni-fī Definitions: 1. Propensity for accumulated environmental chemicals to increase in relative concentrations at each level in the food chain (eagles are likely to ingest toxins consumed by fish, their primary foodstuff).
biomagnify, biomagnifying To undergo biological magnification or increasing in concentration of a pollutant from one level in a food chain to another one.
to undergo biological magnification.