1) Any disintegrated material 2) Christian extreme metal group 3) Debris 4) Debris, rubble 5) Dust 6) Eroded matter 7) Eroded rock 8) Junk 9) Leavings 10) Rock fragments 11) Rubbish 12) Rubble 13) Scrap 14) Trash
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1) Debris 2) Flotsam and jetsam 3) Junk 4) Remains 5) Rubble 6) Waste
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non-living particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material).
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Accumulated silt and organic debris on the bed of a river or still water
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Organic matter produced by the decay or disintegration of a substance or tissue (Morris 1992).
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• (n.) Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration. • (n.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.
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Aggregate of fragments from organic structures, as detached or broken-down tissues; small pieces of dead and decomposing plants and animals.
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Boulders, rocks, gravel, sand, soil that has eroded from mountains over time.
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(de-tri´tәs) particulate matter produced by or remaining after the wearing away or disintegration of a substance or tissue.
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Loose rock and mineral material produced by mechanical disintegration and removed from its place of origin by wind, water, gravity, or ice; also, find particles of organic matter, such as plant debris.
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Minerals or rock fragments that eroded and end up in a different region from natural causes, such as downstream currents.
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Dead organic material in the water column or on the bottom of a water body.
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De·tri'tus noun [ French
détritus , from Latin
detritus , past participle of
deterere . See
Detriment .]
1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial
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A general term for loose rock fragments produced by mechanical weathering.
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(L: tritus wearing, friction; detritus wearing down) debris of any kind, produced by erosion, decay, rubbish, waste. Organic debris from decomposing plants and animals. In the ocean, dead (and alive) plankton organisms rain down to the sea bottom to make up the detritus found there.
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in a nest, organic waste material from decomposing nesting material, feathers, etc. May attract fire ants.
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non-living particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material).
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Accumulated organic debris from dead organisms, often an important source of nutrients in a food web.
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detritus 1. Fragmented particulate organic matter, or very small pieces of organic matter, derived from the decomposition of plant and animal remains; organic debris or trash. 2. Debris or discarded material. 3. In geology, matter produced by the detrition or wearing away of exposed surfaces, especially the gravel, sand, clay, or other material ero...
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Particulate material that enters into a marine or aquatic system. If derived from decaying organic matter it is organic detritus.
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In biology, the organic debris produced during the decomposition of animals and plants
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organic waste material produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals.
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Fragments of dead plant and animal material before, during and after breakdown by agents of decay. May incorporate inorganic matter (such as mud).
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Organic waste matter that collects on the bottom of fish tanks.
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rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice. · any disintegrated material; debris.
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