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Synonyms of food chain
a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food
- Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain.
- animals that are at the top of the food chain
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“Food chain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/food%20chain. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of food chain was in 1920
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