Definitions For Detritivore

Noun

DETRITIVORE (plural DETRITIVOREs) (ecology) An organism that feed#verb, feeds on detritus; a detrivore, a saprophage. : Synonym: detritophage, detritus eater, detritus feeder, detrivore, saprophage

Related terms

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Translations

Catalan: detritívor, m Czech: detritovor, m, detritofág, m, rozkladač, m Dutch: detrivoor, m French: détritivore, m Galician: detritívoro, m German: Detritivore, p, Detritusfresser, m Hungarian: törmelékevő, s Icelandic: grotætur, ? Indonesian: detritivor Italian: detritivoro, m Malay: detritivor Norwegian: : Bokmål: detrivore, ? : Nynorsk: detrivore, ? Persian: پوده‌خوار Russian: детритофа́г, m Serbo-Croatian: : Roman: detritivor, ? Spanish: detritívoro, m, detritívora, f Thai: ผู้บริโภคซากพืชซากสัตว์, ผู้บริโภคซากอินทรีย์ Ukrainian: детритофа́г, m Vietnamese: ăn mùn bã

Etymology

, such as this lumbricus terrestris, are detritivores]] from {{der , en , de , detritivore}}, from {{der , en , la , dētrītus , , the/"/>rub#verb/">the act of [[rub#verb , href="/define/rubbing away}} (from {{m/">rubbing]] away}} (from {{m , la , dēterō , , rub off, to wear out}}, from {{m/">to rub away, to rub off, to wear out}}, from {{m , la , dē- , , [[away#preposition/"/>away#preposition/">[[away#preposition , href="/define/away; away/"/>down#preposition/">away; down#preposition , href="/define/down}} + {{m/">down]]}} + {{m , la , terō , , wear away, to wear out}}, from {{der/">to rub; to wear away, to wear out}}, from {{der , en , ine-pro , *terh₁- , , to/"/>twist#verb/">to rub, to rub by [[twist#verb , href="/define/twisting; to twist, to twisting/"/>turn#verb/">twisting; to twist, to turn#verb , href="/define/turn}}) + {{der/">turn]]}}) + {{der , en , la , vorāre}} (from {{m , la , vorō , , devour, to eat greedily; to to/"/>swallow#verb/">to [[devour, to eat greedily; to swallow#verb , href="/define/swallow up}}, from {{der/">swallow]] up}}, from {{der , en , ine-pro , *gʷerh₃- , , to devour}}). analyzable as detritus , -i- , -vore