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Definition of 'food chain'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) food chain
a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one.

Etymology: (1925–30)

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

Definition of 'food chain'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. food chain
The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of FOOD. Food chains intertwine locally into a food web because most organisms consume more than one type of animal or plant. PLANTS, which convert SOLAR ENERGY to food by PHOTOSYNTHESIS, are the primary food source. In a predator chain, a plant-eating animal is eaten by a larger animal. In a parasite chain, a smaller organism consumes part of a larger host and may itself be parasitized by smaller organisms. In a saprophytic chain, microorganisms live on dead organic matter.

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