| NOUN | animal | bottom-feeder | a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain |
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| animal | bottom-feeder, bottom-dweller | a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water |
| Meaning | A scavenger that feeds low on the food chain. | |
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| Broader | scavenger | Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter |
| Meaning | A fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water. | |
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| Synonym | bottom-dweller | |
| Narrower | mullet | bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin |
| Broader | fish | Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills |
| Spanish | organismo bentónico, pez de fondo | |
| Adjectives | bottom-feeding | of or relating to fish and marine life that feed on the bottom of a body of water |
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