FOOD CHAIN


Meaning of FOOD CHAIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1926

1. : an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source

2. : a hierarchy based on power or importance

at the top of the corporate food chain

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