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filter feeder

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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