food web

noun

: the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community

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The marine drifters form the base of an intricate food web and attract an abundance of fish, seals, whales and seabirds. Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024 Compounding these challenges is the highly variable availability of nutrients that fuel the ecosystem’s food web. Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 Put together, this allowed the researchers to reconstruct the interactions between ecosystems—essentially a food web—at the time the dinosaurs began rising to supremacy. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 The food web is one of the first concepts students learn in ecology. Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for food web 

Word History

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 21 Dec. 2024.

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food web

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

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