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detritivore

noun
/dɛˈtɹaɪtɪvɔː/UK/dəˈtɹaɪtəvɔɹ/US

Etymology

From German Detritivore, from Latin dētrītus (“the act of rubbing away”) (from dēterō (“to rub away, to rub off, to wear out”), from dē- (“away; down”) + terō (“to rub; to wear away, to wear out”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to rub by twisting; to twist, to turn”)) + Latin vorāre (from vorō (“to devour, to eat greedily; to swallow up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”)). Analyzable as detritus + -i- + -vore.

  1. derived from *gʷerh₃-✻
  2. derived from vorāre
  3. derived from *terh₁-✻
  4. derived from dētrītus
  5. derived from Detritivore

Definitions

  1. An organism that feeds on detritus.

    • Termites are herbivores and detritivores variously involved in the comminution and decomposition of vegetable matter, through most of the warm temperate and tropical zones.
    • Fish are represented at several trophic levels in aquatic systems, from detritivore and herbivore to carnivore.

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