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单词 food chains
释义

food chain

noun

1
: an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source
2
: a hierarchy based on power or importance
at the top of the corporate food chain

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

food chain

noun

: a sequence of organisms in which each depends on the next and usually lower member as a source of food

food chains

noun

plural of food chain
as in hierarchies
a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain. animals that are at the top of the food chain

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • hierarchies
  • groupings
  • ranks
  • gentries
  • levels
  • brackets
  • classes
  • castes
  • tiers
  • strata
  • folk
  • stratifications
  • layers
  • folks
  • orders
  • estates
  • grades
  • echelons
  • places
  • statuses
  • positions
  • standings
  • sub-castes
  • subcastes
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