FOOD WEB
Dictionary entry overview: What does food web mean? • FOOD WEB (noun)
The noun FOOD WEB has 1 sense:
1. (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
Familiarity information: FOOD WEB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FOOD WEB (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 web" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Meronyms (parts of "food web"):
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)
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