FOOD CHAIN

Meaning of FOOD CHAIN in English

noun

(usually the food chain ) a series of living creatures in which each type of creature feeds on the one below it in the series :

Insects are fairly low down (on) the food chain.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

FOOD CHAIN — noun Date: 1926 an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOOD CHAIN — Sequence of transfer of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of food. These interconnected feeding relationships …
Английский словарь Британика
FOOD CHAIN — I. noun : a sequence of organisms in an ecological community each of which uses the next usually lower member …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOD CHAIN — 1. Ecol. a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOOD CHAIN — food web, pyramid-shaped structure illustrating the feeding order in nature wherein each organism feeds upon the next lowest creature, feeding …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FOOD CHAIN — Date: 1926 1. : an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOOD CHAIN — Function: noun Date: 1920 1 : an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FOOD CHAIN — ■ noun a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FOOD CHAIN — [food chain] n (1926): an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOD CHAIN — in ecology, the sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of food. Food …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOOD CHAIN — ˈfood chain BrE AmE noun the food chain all animals and plants considered as a group in which a plant …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOD CHAIN — ( food chains) The food chain is a series of living things which are linked to each other because each …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOD CHAIN — (~s) The ~ is a series of living things which are linked to each other because each thing feeds on …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FOOD CHAIN — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Those higher on the political food chain , such as manufacturers and oil companies, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOOD CHAIN — Sequence of transfer of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of food. These interconnected feeding relationships …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOOD CHAIN — See ↑ ENVIRONMENT 1
Longman Activator English vocab
FOOD CHAIN — A succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
FOOD CHAIN — "The transfer of energy from the source in plants trhough a series of organismswith repeated eating and being eaten. At …
Fishery English Glossary
FOOD CHAIN — пищевая цепь, трофическая связь (в биологическом сообществе) (биология) пищевая цепь, цепь питания
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOD CHAIN — Пищевая цепь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FOOD CHAIN — биол. пищевая цепь, цепь питания
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOOD CHAIN — пищевая цепь, трофическая связь ( в биологическом сообществе )
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FOOD CHAIN — пищевая цепь, трофическая связь (в биологическом сообществе)
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
FOOD CHAIN — биол. пищевая цепь, цепь питания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FOOD CHAIN — биол. пищевая цепь, цепь питания
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOOD CHAIN — пищевая цепь, цепь питания
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FOOD CHAIN — пищевая цепь, цепь питания
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
FOOD-CHAIN — Пищевая цепь
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
FOOD CHAIN — биол., эк. прир. пищевая цепь, цепь питания (ряд растений и животных, связанных друг с другом отношениями пища-потребитель) See: primary consumer secondary consumer tertiary consumer
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по маркетингу и торговле
FOOD CHAIN — пищевая цепь, трофическая связь (в биологическом сообществе) (биология) пищевая цепь, цепь питания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Food and Drug Administration food chain food poisoning food preservation {{link=World Food Programme">World Food …
Английский словарь Британика
CHAIN — I. ˈchān noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cheyne, from Old French chaeine, from Latin catena chain, brace; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOD — ˈfüd sometimes ˈfu̇d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English fode, from Old English fōda; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOD — — foodless , adj. — foodlessness , n. /foohd/ , n. 1. any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHAIN — — chainless , adj. — chainlike , adj. /chayn/ , n. 1. a series of objects connected one after the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHAIN — noun the warp threads of a web. 2. chain ·vt to measure with the chain. 3. chain ·vt to unite …
Webster English vocab
FOOD — [food] n, often attrib [ME fode, fr. OE foda; akin to OHG fuotar food, fodder, L panis bread, pascere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHAIN — series of links, usually of metal, joined together to form a flexible connector for various purposes, such as holding, pulling, …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOOD — food BrE AmE fuːd § fʊd ▷ foods fuːdz § fʊdz ▶ ˈ food chain BrE AmE ▶ ˈ food …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOOD — / fuːd; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] things that people or animals eat : a shortage of food …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHAIN — / tʃeɪn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun METAL RINGS 1. [ C , U ] a series of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOD — food S1 W1 /fuːd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: foda ] 1 . [uncountable and countable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHAIN — I. chain 1 S3 W2 /tʃeɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: chaeine , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOD — n. 1 a nutritious substance, esp. solid in form, that can be taken into an animal or a plant to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHAIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a a connected flexible series of esp. metal links as decoration or for a practical …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOOD — n. 1 a nutritious substance, esp. solid in form, that can be taken into an animal or a plant to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHAIN — n. & v. n. 1 a a connected flexible series of esp. metal links as decoration or for a practical …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOOD — n.1 a nutritious substance, esp. solid in form, that can be taken into an animal or a plant to maintain …
Oxford English vocab
CHAIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a a connected flexible series of esp. metal links as decoration or for a practical …
Oxford English vocab
FOOD — ( foods) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Food is what people …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHAIN — ( chains, chaining, chained) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A chain …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a debt/food/housing etc crisis ▪ The failure of the crop this year will create a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHAIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chain of events (= a series of events where each one causes the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOOD — [noun] - (an example of) the things that are eaten by people and animals, or used by plants, so that …
Cambridge English vocab
FOOD — n. Food and Agriculture Organization Food and Drug Administration food chain food poisoning food preservation World Food Programme
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOOD — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious , excellent , good , great , superb , tasty , wonderful ▪ favourite/favorite ▪ decent …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FOOD — INDEX: 1. food 2. a particular kind of food, or food that has been cooked in a particular way 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
FOOD — noun BAD : The child was caught stealing foods. GOOD : The child was caught stealing food. BAD : It …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
FOOD — сущ. 1) пища, питание; еда, корм, провизия to cook, prepare food ≈ готовить еду to heat food, to reheat food …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHAIN — 1. сущ. 1) цепь, цепочка (предмет, состоящий из соединенных между собой железных колец); вереница череда to keep (a dog) on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOD — food.ogg fu:d n 1. 1> пища; питание; еда wholesome food - здоровая /питательная/ пища plain food - простая пища bad …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHAIN — 1. tʃeın n 1. цепь; цепочка watch and chain - часы с цепочкой chain cable - мор. якорная цепь chain …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHAIN — 1) цепь; цепочка || образовывать (формировать) цепь или цепочку; сцепляться 2) геод. мерная цепь || измерять мерной цепью ( расстояние …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CHAIN — 1) цепь; цепочка || образовывать (формировать) цепь или цепочку; сцепляться 2) геод. мерная цепь || измерять мерной цепью (расстояние) 3) цепной механизм 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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