bottom feeder

collocation in English

meaningsofbottomandfeeder

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bottom
noun
uk
/ˈbɒt.əm/us
/ˈbɑː.t̬əm/
the lowest part ...
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feeder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfiː.dər/us
/ˈfiː.dɚ/
a baby or animal that eats in a ...
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(Definition ofbottomandfeederfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Bottomfeederis a general term which is used particularly in the context of aquariums.
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Due to the fact that this ray is a shallowbottomfeeder, it has a small variety of marine life to prey on.
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There is some evidence that it is abottomfeeder.
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Its large eyes and other parts would suggest a swimming animal, yet it lacks claws, which seems to suggest abottomfeeder.
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Analysis of stomach contents suggests that the red-faced cormorant is mainly abottomfeeder, taking cottids especially.
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Mainly abottomfeeder, filamentous algae is the main part of its diet, followed by aquatic insects and crustaceans.
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Fairey threatened to sue, calling the designer abottomfeederand parasite.
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The adult worm occurs in fish which live on the bottom and are bottom feeders.
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He found its teeth and jaw different from any other known whale's, and thought it might have been abottomfeederthat fed by suction on marine invertebrates.
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The river carpsucker, like other suckers, is abottomfeederand obtains its nutrients from algae, microcrustaceans, and other various tiny planktonic plants and animals found in silty substrates.
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Let us start with the bottom feeders in the murky pond of the financial services industry: debt management companies and non-status lenders.
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Sixty miles of brick and wood channeling sent the broken down sewage to the bottom of the lake to then be eaten by bottom feeders.
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Typically, thick and dense bone is found in bottom feeders and low bone density is associated with mammals living in deep water.
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They are bottom feeders in tropical and subtropical waters.
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A very different hypothesis claims that plesiosauromorphs were bottom feeders.
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In many bottom feeders, a mechanism to deal with substrate is often necessary.
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