food web

noun

: the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community

Examples of food web in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web However, the food web is complicated, and just because the warmer weather benefits the moths on paper doesn’t mean the moths will end up on top. Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024 Reefs are a major part of the ocean food web, with nooks and crannies filled with worms, shrimps and other creatures. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024 Researchers are still trying to understand how the toxins move through the food web as well. Bymegan Gannon, science.org, 16 July 2024 The biomass of tiny fish and crustaceans that live within the tendrils generate a food web of epic proportion. Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for food web 

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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 22 Oct. 2024.

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food web

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

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