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detritivore

  • noun
  • de·tri·ti·vore
  • /dɛˈtɹaɪtɪvɔː/

An organism that feeds on detritus.

Word history

From Latin "dētrītus" (the act of rubbing away).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “detritivore” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.