FOOD CHAIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does food chain mean? • FOOD CHAIN (noun)
The noun FOOD CHAIN has 1 sense:
1. (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member
Familiarity information: FOOD CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FOOD CHAIN (noun)
Meaning:
(ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("food chain" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Domain category:
bionomics; ecology; environmental science (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)
Holonyms ("food chain" is a part of...):
food cycle; food web ((ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains)
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