food web

noun

: the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community

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Baldwin added that the drops in invertebrate populations could shake up the food web for fish — another impact, on top of the chemical treatments that had already killed them off. Alex Music august 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2025 Within the fecal samples were higher concentrations of algal toxins, indicating a major threat to the Arctic food web. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2025 For millennia, these fish darted in droves through the delta’s murky water and effectively supported the watershed’s entire food web. Moira Donovan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025 Sharks’ role in the food web is to keep marine animal populations in balance. Hans Walters, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for food web

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First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of food web was in 1932

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“Food web.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20web. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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food web

noun
: the whole group of interacting food chains in an ecological community

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