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filter feeder definition

filter feeder

an animal that feeds by filtering small organisms or food particles from the water or air, as a clam, baleen whale, or sponge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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