archivorous
archivorous adjective: ingesting archaeans (as the archivores do).
Adjective
archivorous (not comparable)
- Ingesting archaeans (as the archivores do).
- […] and predators, with the bacterivorous/archivorous trophic guild referring to deposit feeders […] Bacterivorous/archivorous taxa usually feature depleted δ 15 N signatures, close to those of […]2016, M Portail, K Olu, SF Dubois, et al., “Food-web complexity in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vents and cold seeps”, in PloS one
Questions about archivorous
- What does archivorous mean?
- Archivorous means ingesting archaeans (as the archivores do).
- What part of speech is archivorous?
- Archivorous is an adjective.
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