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FOOD CYCLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
Synonyms:
food cycle; food web
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("food cycle" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Meronyms (parts of "food cycle"):
food chain ((ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member)
Domain category:
bionomics; ecology; environmental science (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)
