food chain Label
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DefGEMET: A sequence of organisms on successive trophic levels within a community, through which energy is transferred by feeding; energy enters the food chain during fixation by primary producers (mainly green plants) and passes to the herbivores (primary consumers) and then to the carnivores (secondary and tertiary consumers). (Source: LBC)
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Noun (male)Base form
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food chain, food chains, foodchain, foodchainsCompound from
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GEMETID3358
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Initial version
on 2007-02-11
Last change
Barbara Fock on 2020-04-17