food pyramid


food pyramid

noun

Definition of FOOD PYRAMID

: an ecological hierarchy of food relationships in which a chief predator is at the top, each level preys on the next lower level, and usually green plants are at the bottom

First Known Use of FOOD PYRAMID

1949

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