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filter feeder
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filter feeder
n.
An aquatic animal, such as a clam, barnacle, or sponge, that feeds by filtering particulate organic material from water.
filter feeder
An aquatic animal, such as a clam or sponge, that feeds by filtering tiny organisms or fine particles of organic material from currents of water that pass through it.
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The accumulated sediments in these developing estuaries provided habitat for benthic vascular plants and suspension feeding bivalves (DePratter & Howard 1981).
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