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filter feeder
noun
Definition of FILTER FEEDER
: an animal (as a clam or baleen whale) that obtains its food by filtering organic matter or minute organisms from a current of water that passes through some part of its system
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First Known Use of FILTER FEEDER
1928
Rhymes with FILTER FEEDER
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