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- noun Alternative spelling of
filter feeder .
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Examples
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This giant crocodylian evolved to some kind of filter-feeder similar to the much earlier african Stomatosuchusand had a really strange skull with extremely flat and thin jaws.
Titanoboa, Part 2 James Gurney 2009
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Perhaps I thought it was a filter-feeder of some sort.
Archive 2007-10-01 AYDIN 2007
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Perhaps I thought it was a filter-feeder of some sort.
Interesting animal meme AYDIN 2007
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An omnivore, yet selective, a sort of filter-feeder, I will extract intellectual nutrients from the articles as I extract nutrients from my dinner, Sacks writes in the introduction.
Boing Boing 2003
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He said the megamouth was caught in 660-foot deep waters, which are also frequented by the endangered whale shark, the world's largest fish and also a filter-feeder in the Donsol area, about 185 miles southeast of Manila.
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He said the megamouth was caught in 660-foot deep waters, which are also frequented by the endangered whale shark, the world's largest fish and also a filter-feeder in the Donsol area, about 185 miles southeast of Manila.
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The unusual bones looked like structures for gulping in water and taking out little bits of food, suggesting that this fish was a filter-feeder.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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He said the megamouth was caught in 660 feet deep waters, which are also frequented by the endangered whale shark, the world's largest fish and also a filter-feeder in the Donsol area, about 185 miles southeast of Manila.
unknown title 2009
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He said the megamouth was caught in 660-foot (200-meter) deep waters, which are also frequented by the endangered whale shark, the world's largest fish and also a filter-feeder in the Donsol area, about 185 miles (300 kilometers) southeast of Manila.
unknown title 2009
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He said the megamouth was caught in 660 feet deep waters, which are also frequented by the endangered whale shark, the world's largest fish and also a filter-feeder in the Donsol area, about 185 miles southeast of Manila.
unknown title 2009
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