primary consumernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpraɪ.mə.ri kənˈsjuː.mər/us/ˌpraɪ.mɚ.i kənˈsuː.mɚ/specializedan animal that eats plants and therefore changes the energy from the sun that is stored in plants into meat that can be eaten by other animals
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Plants & animals - general words
- animal kingdom
- autotroph
- biped
- bloodsucker
- carnivore
- flora
- flora and fauna
- greenery
- herbivore
- heterotroph
- non-placental
- omnivore
- omnivorous
- parasite
- parasitic
- songster
- vegetation
- vertebrate
- warm-blooded
- wildlife
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