filter feeder
noun1
Biology, Natural sciences Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.
- The best-protected species are the big, peaceful filter feeders, the basking shark and particularly the whale shark, with its photogenic polka dots and mysterious long-range migration patterns.2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, volume 34, number 15:
- Derived terms
- filter feed