"filter feeder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: filter feeders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} filter feeder (plural filter feeders)
  1. (biology) Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives. Wikipedia link: filter feeder Categories (topical): Biology Categories (lifeform): Animals Synonyms: filter-feeder Derived forms: filter feed Translations (any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives): filtervoeder (Afrikaans), filtervoeder [masculine] (Dutch), siivilöijä (Finnish), ravintonsa siivilöimällä ottava eläin (Finnish), filtreur [masculine] (French), Filtrierer [masculine, plural, singular] (German), filtratore [feminine] (Italian), filtrador [masculine] (Portuguese), фильтра́тор (filʹtrátor) [masculine] (Russian), filtrerare [common-gender] (Swedish), hidl-ymborthwr [masculine] (Welsh)

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