English
Polyodon spathula , a filter feeder
Noun
filter feeder (plural filter feeders )
( biology ) Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.
2015 , Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books , vol. 34 no. 15:
The best-protected species are the big, peaceful filter feeders , the basking shark and particularly the whale shark, with its photogenic polka dots and mysterious long-range migration patterns.
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Afrikaans: filtervoeder (af)
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Dutch: filtervoeder m
Finnish: siivilöijä , ravintonsa siivilöimällä ottava eläin
French: filtreur (fr) m
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Italian: filtratore f
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Swedish: filtrerare c
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