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an aquatic animal that feeds on particles or small organisms strained out of water by circulating them through its system: includes most of the stationary feeders, as clams, oysters, barnacles, corals, sea squirts, and sponges.

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Origin of filter feeder

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby filter feeder

filterable virus, filter bed, filter bubble, filter cake, filter factor, filter feeder, filter feeding, filtering operation, filter out, filter paper, filter press

How to use filter feeder in a sentence

Ailes explains that because the bivalves are filter feeders, they have actually helped to clear particulate matter from the water.
Dead ships find solace under the treacherous surface of the Great Lakes|Margo Milanowski|December 6, 2021|Popular-Science
These intrepid filter feeders engineer their ecosystems to the benefit of others from seaweeds to fish spawn.
Undersea vertical farms could be the future of sustainable seafood|Maria Finn/Hothouse|October 13, 2021|Popular-Science
That lingering could help the filter feeders catch more plankton.
How intricate Venus’s-flower-baskets manipulate the flow of seawater|Nikk Ogasa|July 21, 2021|Science News
The eagle shark’s broad, rounded head, long jaws and small teeth hint that it may have been a filter feeder, sucking in floating plankton from seawater.
An ancient shark’s weird fins helped it glide like a manta ray|Carolyn Gramling|March 18, 2021|Science News

We are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited.
The Facts About Ferguson Matter, Dammit|Doug McIntyre|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At first Wales and Sanger conceived of Wikipedia merely as an adjunct to Nupedia, sort of like a feeder product or farm team.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If users want to send naughty photos with a veil of privacy, opt for the pixilated shower door filter.
Swipe Right For Sex: Mixxxer Is Tinder for the Porn Star Set|Aurora Snow|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By using some sort of filter—like, perhaps, a universally understood saying—the trait is more easily conveyed.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Basically, my mother said with a touch of embarrassment, everyone else seemed to have a filter, so they bought one, too.
Are Water Filters B.S.?|Michael Schulson|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It is the Book of Howth which accuses Sidney of being a ‘lusty feeder and surfeiter.’
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
In quantitative work the chemist aims to precipitate this green sulphide, which is more easily collected on a filter.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
The whole is then well stirred, collected on a filter, drained, and dried.
Field's Chromatography|George Field
After 24 hours filter the liquor, and evaporate to a pilular consistence.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

Scientific definitions for filter feeder

filter feeder

An aquatic animal, such as a clam or sponge, that feeds by filtering tiny organisms or fine particles of organic material from currents of water that pass through it.