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adjective
- Pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
- Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
- exploit, Exploiting another for personal gain.
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| parasitism |
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noun
- interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed (dictionary definition). this can also refer to humans eg. a younger sibling is attached to the older sibling like a leech. (not a dictionary definition)
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| phenology |
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noun - (biology) the study of the effect of climate on periodic biological phenomena
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| photic zone |
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noun
- that part of the near-surface body of an ocean or lake that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to be possible
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| photoautotroph |
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noun - (biology) an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy
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| phototroph |
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noun
- A photoautotroph
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| phytophagous |
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adjective
- (zoology) feeding on plants, herbivorous
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| pollutant |
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noun
- A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially with waste from human activities.
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verb (pollut, ing)
- (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- The factory d the river when it cleaned it's tanks.
- (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
- The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.
adjective
- (rare) Polluted.
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| polluted |
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verb
- Simple past and past participle of pollute.
adjective
- defiled, Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.
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| pollution |
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noun
- The act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances.
- Nobody visits the river any more because of all of the .
- Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
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| polytrophic |
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adjective
- (biology), (of bacteria etc) feeding of multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
- (context, of a lake) rich in nutrients
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| polyzoic |
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noun
- ({zoology}} A spore that produces lots of sporozoites.
adjective
- (zoology) Pertaining to polyzoa.
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| prey |
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noun
- (archaic) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
- That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
- A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.
- The rabbit was eaten by the coyote, so the rabbit is the coyote's .
verb
- to victimize, hunt, attack or plunder.
- to devour.
- to exert harmful influence.
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| primary producer |
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noun
- A person or organisation producing basic agriculture, agricultural commodities, such as a farmer or cattle producer.
- (biology) An autotroph organism producing complex organic matter, using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
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| producer |
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noun
- (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods or services
- One who produces an artistic production like a CD, a theater production, a film, a TV program and so on.
- (context, biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
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