food web
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food web
n.
A complex of interrelated food chains.
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food web
n
(Environmental Science) a combination of food chains that integrate to form a network
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food′ web`
n.
the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
[1960–65]
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food web
A group of interrelated food chains in a particular ecological community.
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food web
A mesh of interlinked food chains.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals food chain - (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member |
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