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diatomivorous

diatomivorous adjective: feeding on diatoms.

Adjective

diatomivorous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding on diatoms.
    • In the disturbed zone, introgression was less frequent and slender body shape was associated with diatomivorous behaviour, smaller size (juvenile characteristics) and greater gut vacuity.2015 November 12, “When Anthropogenic River Disturbance Decreases Hybridisation between Non-Native and Endemic Cyprinids and Drives an Ecomorphological Displacement towards Juvenile State in Both...

Origin of diatomivorous

From diatom + -vorous.

Questions about diatomivorous

What does diatomivorous mean?
Diatomivorous means feeding on diatoms.
What part of speech is diatomivorous?
Diatomivorous is an adjective.

Words near diatomivorous in the dictionary

  1. diatomist
  2. diatomists
  3. diatomite
  4. diatomites
  5. diatomitic
  6. diatomivorous
  7. diatomology
  8. diatomophile
  9. diatomophiles
  10. diatomous
  11. diatoms

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