food chain

as in hierarchy
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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Noun
  • But the Bernabeu hierarchy are well aware of the value of their club.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There is so much to explore in that space between imagination and reality—interacting with a person and with their works, the various hierarchies and hopes.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
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  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In January, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger also withdrew from West African regional bloc Ecowas, having earlier formed their own Alliance of Sahel States grouping.
    Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Food chain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/food%20chain. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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