Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filter feeder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: fil-ter feed-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

filter feeders (plural) filter-feeder (alternative)

Phrases

filter feed

Questions

What does filter feeder mean?: Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.

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