DECOMPOSER


Meaning of DECOMPOSER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdē-kəm-ˈpō-zər ]

noun

Date: 1959

: any of various organisms (as many bacteria and fungi) that return constituents of organic substances to ecological cycles by feeding on and breaking down dead protoplasm — compare consumer , producer 4

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.