"decomposer" meaning in All languages combined

See decomposer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /diːkəmˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: decomposers [plural]
Etymology: From decompose + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|decompose|er|id2=agent noun}} decompose + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} decomposer (plural decomposers)
  1. (ecology) An organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, which carries out the process of decomposition of organic material. Categories (topical): Ecology Translations (Translations): reducent [masculine] (Dutch), décomposeur [masculine] (French), Zersetzer [masculine] (German), Destruent [masculine] (German), Reduzent [masculine] (German), decompositore [masculine] (Italian), 분해자 (bunhaeja) (Korean), nedbrytare [common-gender] (Swedish), ผู้ย่อยสลาย (pûu-yɔ̂i-sà-lǎai) (Thai)

Inflected forms

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