Usually means: Consumer of dead organic material.
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▸ noun:  (ecology) Any organism that feeds on detritus; a detritivore, a saprophyte.

Similar:
detritivore, detritovore, detritophage, saprovore, saprophage, saprotroph, periphytivore, saprophile, detritus, coprophile, more...

Opposite:
producer, autotroph

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Similar:
detritivore, detritovore, detritophage, saprovore, saprophage, saprotroph, periphytivore, saprophile, detritus, coprophile, more...

Opposite:
producer, autotroph



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