FOOD CYCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does food cycle mean? 

• FOOD CYCLE (noun)
  The noun FOOD CYCLE has 1 sense:

1. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

  Familiarity information: FOOD CYCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOD CYCLE (noun)

Meaning:

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

food cycle; food web

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)