Definition of Food chain

1. Noun. (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member.

Category relationships: Bionomics, Ecology, Environmental Science
Generic synonyms: Organic Phenomenon
Group relationships: Food Cycle, Food Web

Definition of Food chain

1. Noun. The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) a hierarchy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Food Chain

food-borne disease
food-drug interactions
food-processing industry
food additive
food additives
food allergy
food and beverages
food and drug administration
food asthma
food babies
food baby
food ball
food bank
food banks
food cache
food chain (current term)
food color
food coloring
food colour
food colouring
food colouring agents
food colourings
food coma
food comas
food company
food contamination
food court
food courts
food crop
food crops

Literary usage of Food chain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"Figure 6-1 illustrates the increase in concentration of ODD, a close relative of DDT, as ODD is passed from one organism to another up the food chain in a ..."

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